The initiative is a collaboration between the city, local health organizations, small businesses and Phillip Bowden, MD, founder and medical director of the Mid-South Gastroenterology Group and Phillip R. Bowden, M.D., P.A. Its goal is to encourage 100 percent of qualifying candidates from Memphis to get a colonoscopy screening in the next five years, according to the report.
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