Physician burnout is not uncommon across all specialties. Factors from growing pressure to see more patients to regulatory demands feed burnout. How does physical health play into gastroenterologists' sense of burnout?
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It has been confirmed that five patients treated at the Tri-City Colonoscopy Clinic in Ontario, Canada, are infected with hepatitis C, according to a CBCnews report.
Steven Brant, MD, is the director of Johns Hopkins Medicine's Meyerhoff Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center and the Meyerhoff Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics Laboratory, based in Baltimore. He also serves as an associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Quest Diagnostics will collaborate with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to identify trends in screening, diagnosis and treatment for four strains of viral hepatitis in the United States.
Here are six news updates on major company players in the gastroenterology and endoscopy market.
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Boston Scientific reported its fourth quarter 2014 profits were down 19 percent from the same period last year, according to a RTT News report. Here are four things to know about the company's fourth quarter financial results.
Kaiser Permanente Fresno (Calif.) named Smita Rouillard, MD, physician-in-chief of Fresno Medical Center, according to a TBJ Now report.
Geoffrey L. Braden, MD, is a gastroenterologist practicing with Philadelphia-based G.I. Specialists. He also serves as chief of internal medicine at Aria Health and is a clinical associate professor of medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine, both located in…
Upper GI/endoscopy procedure codes have already undergone reduction in reimbursement. This year, lower GI/endoscopy codes, including colonoscopy, were up for CMS review. The potential for cuts was one of the foremost concerns for gastroenterologists in 2014. That review has since…
Colonoscopy is at the heart of gastroenterology. It is a diagnostic and therapeutic tool and it has become the central figure in the crusade against colorectal cancer. Seven gastroenterologists reflect on how the procedure has changed over the past few…