Medical Staff
California doctor with lung cancer receives first-of-its-kind lung-liver transplant
Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute have performed what is believed to be the first-ever combined lung-liver transplant for a patient with advanced lung cancer, according to medical staff at Northwestern Medicine.
Speaker: Good workers in your community could be future staff members
ATLANTA — Every staff member has an important role in the optometric practice, so effective hiring is critical, according to two presenters at SECO 2024.
‘Spread the wealth,’ utilize team-based care to combat growing GI provider shortage
There are no easy solutions for the ongoing and increasing shortage in GI providers — everybody is feeling this challenge.
GI physician shortage ‘a significant concern’ affecting both providers, patients
As demand for health care providers continues to increase, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported gastroenterology will be among the top fields with the highest predicted provider deficit.
Familiarity between medical staff betters team performance, study shows
Increased familiarity between residents and nurses led to better performance in medical simulations, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
VIDEO: GI Outlook ‘back in-person’ after 2 years with fresh topics, focus on networking
In a Healio video exclusive, Joseph J. Vicari, MD, MBA, a gastroenterologist at Rockford Gastroenterology Associates and course co-director for GI Outlook 2022, discusses this year’s sessions, guided by leaders in gastroenterology.
Group asks CMS to allow manufacturers, non-nursing staff to provide home dialysis training
For the first time, US faces a blood shortage crisis
The American Red Cross has declared, for the first time, a national blood crisis.