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According to The Joint Commission, delay in treatment is one of the most common sentinel events; 107 sentinel events resulting from delays in treatment and causing either death or permanent loss of function were reported in 2013.

More than half of Americans find information about quality of healthcare difficult to come by and difficult to trust. Most focus on their physicians' interactions (59 percent), rather than health outcomes (29 percent) or other metrics, when rating evaluating quality…

Gastroenterologist compensation increased 9 percent during 2013, according to a American Medical Group Association recently released 2014 Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey.  

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