Muhammad K Hasan,Robert H Hawes
Muhammad K Hasan
Although endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is considered superior to MRI and CT in detecting pancreatic masses, it is the ability to target and place a needle into suspicious lesions that has made EUS indispensible in the evaluation of patie...
The practice of Gastroenterology and the practice of United States medicine. Preface [0.03%]
胃肠病学的实践和美国医学的实践 前言
John I Allen,Mark H Delegge
John I Allen
Charles J Lightdale
Charles J Lightdale
Samuel R Walters
Samuel R Walters
Patient registries have evolved to support goals within medical specialties that have traditionally fallen outside their core missions. Quality measurement and reporting can support payor advocacy, meet federal and state requirements, evolv...
Mark H Delegge
Mark H Delegge
The medical device and pharmaceutical industry is facing mounting pressure to produce cost-effectiveness and clinical-effectiveness data in order for their products to be acceptable for approval by the Federal Drug Administration and then f...
Robert A Ganz
Robert A Ganz
Health care reform has created special challenges and hurdles to the introduction of new technology and innovative medical devices in gastroenterology and other medical fields. The implication of new regulations will be enormous as we begin...
Joel V Brill
Joel V Brill
The budgetary impact of the cost of health care on the United States economy is far-reaching. An understanding of the provisions in the Affordable Care Act is essential to preparing one's practice to proactively deal with a rapidly changing...
John I Allen
John I Allen
US medicine is fragmented and economically unsustainable and has vast opportunities for quality improvement. A current solution is to create large accountable care organizations. Fragmentation should be reduced and clinical coordination be ...
Kimberly M Persley,Rajeev Jain
Kimberly M Persley
Historically, gastroenterologists entered into solo, small group, or academic practices. The current economic environment and looming regulatory mandates have led to gastroenterologists integrating into large, single-specialty groups to acq...
A letter to fellows: transitioning from training into practice in uncertain times [0.03%]
致同道们：在充满不确定性的时期从培训过渡到实践中的转变
Rahul S Nayak
Rahul S Nayak
The end of training marks the beginning of learning. Moving into practice is exciting, and there are good opportunities. Although there is still a great deal of uncertainty with the economy, you have a skill set that is in demand. By unders...