Multidisciplinary Care

In a Healio video exclusive, Edward V. Loftus Jr., MD, emphasized the benefit of a multidisciplinary approach when treating complex gastrointestinal cases, particularly patients with inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome.

Health care involves managing two fundamental transitions simultaneously — the emergence of digital or virtual care and a slow shift to value-based care.

In this month’s issue, we are highlighting the important topic of multidisciplinary care of our gastroenterology patients.

What the poet John Donne observed about humanity — “no man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main” — holds true for health care providers. No provider operates in a vacuum; no provider stands alone.

A new clinical practice update from the AGA highlights the value of physical examination, effective communication and integrated care in the diagnosis and management of patients with belching, abdominal bloating or distention.

Healio spoke with Philip J. Mease, MD, about efforts needed to increase awareness of psoriatic arthritis among both patients and clinicians.

The ACG and the AGA Gastrointestinal Opportunity Fund have made “strategic” financial investments in Oshi Health to quicken the adoption of a whole-person multidisciplinary hybrid care model for digestive health, according to a release.

Anthony Lembo, MD, Director of Research for Cleveland Clinic's Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute, discusses the diagnostic process for patients presenting with constipation; approaching management of patients with IBS-C and CIC; treatment options and recent therapeutic advances; health disparities; and important challenges of care.

Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis can overlap and resemble one another in diagnosis and disease course, and understanding where one ends and the other begins is critical for rheumatologists and primary care providers alike.

Most patients and health care providers would agree that interdisciplinary care leads to the most successful patient outcomes.