Episode #31: Should Adenoma Detection Rates be Made Public? (other quality measures are important to patients too)

Dr. Michael Weinstein of Capital Digestive Care talks to Dr. Costas Kefalas from Akron Digestive Disease Consultants about his work as the president of the GI Quality Improvement Consortium (GIQuIc), a benchmarking registry that tracks quality measures such as cecal intubation rates, withdrawal times and adenoma detection rates.

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Episode #30: Key to PCP Engagement — Cold Weather and Compelling Content (it helps if there’s a great lunch, too)

Dr. Lisa Mathew is joined by Dr. Michael Kreines of Gastro Health Ohio, who helped develop a continuing medical education (CME) program that facilitates engagement with primary care physicians (PCPs) in the Cinncinnati metropolitan area.

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Episode #29: Increased Polyp Detection using an AI Endoscopy Module (investing in our mission to prevent colon cancer)

Dr. Fred Rosenberg talks with Dr. Daus Mahnke of Gastroenterology of the Rockies about the environment for private practice in Colorado.

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Episode #28: Understanding the Business of Healthcare (and strategies for the growth of independent GI groups)

Scott Becker is an expert in all things related to the business of gastroenterology.

He is a sought-after healthcare attorney and a partner at McGuireWoods and publisher of Becker’s Healthcare, a leading source of business information for hospital leaders and owners and operators of ambulatory surgery centers.

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