Browsing articles from "April, 2010"

Three Things Won’t Change with Health Care Reform


Apr 29, 2010
by Dr. Bergein Overholt
Blog, Health Care Reform, Patient Care
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Three Things Won’t Change with Health Care Reform
By Dr. Bergein F. Overholt
Whatever your political persuasion and feelings about health care reform, the legislation passed by Congress and signed by the President will be a fact that we’ll all have to deal with in the coming months.
As the dust settles on the issue, some aspects of the legislation are clear, but others will take some time to understand and implement.
I can assure you on three important fronts:
•First, at Gastrointestinal Associates, we will continue to be a practice that patients can depend on for accurate and comprehensive information about the health care practices that affect them.
•We also will work very hard to reinforce the bond between patient and physician. To us, that relationship is sacred, and we do not believe that government or anyone else should interfere with the long-standing relationship that exists there.
•And finally, we will continue to provide the highest level of gastrointestinal care and expertise to our patients.
The American medical system, despite its flaws, is still the best in the world, and our physicians represent the best of that system.
This isn’t the first time, and it won’t be the last, that we all will have to deal with change in health care policy, but the points above are our pledge to our patients.
And in a world of change, you can count on that.

Whatever your political persuasion and feelings about health care reform, the legislation passed by Congress and signed by the President will be a fact that we’ll all have to deal with in the coming months.

As the dust settles on the issue, some aspects of the legislation are clear, but others will take some time to understand and implement. Read more >>

Research Helps GIA Physicians Achieve Better Outcomes


Apr 27, 2010
by Dr. Bergein Overholt
Blog, Colon Cancer, Colonoscopy, Patient Care, Research
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I recently participated in a study with a group of esteemed colleagues to determine if the suggested protocol for performing colonoscopy was, in fact, the most beneficial. The results of this study were published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology (http://www.jcge.com; Vol. 44, No. 4, April 2010). Read more >>

Act Now! Colorectal Cancer Can be Prevented


Apr 8, 2010
by Dr. David Lee
Blog, Colon Cancer, Colon Health, Colonoscopy, Preparation, Prevention
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There is no time like the present to schedule your colonoscopy. Did you know that colorectal cancer is a largely preventable, treatable and beatable disease? It’s true — but you have to take the first step. Read more >>