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6 Ways to Help You Choose the Right Initial Therapy for Your Patient with Ulcerative Colitis

Choosing the correct first therapy for your patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) can be tricky, but it is important because it gives them the best chance at a better life with UC. Getting it right early increases their odds of remission and reduces their risk of progression, hospitalization, and colectomy. Here are 6 ways to help get it right the first time.
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These 3 Tools Will Change the Way You Manage IBD in Your Patients

Over the past couple of years, several clinical decision support tools (CDSTs) have emerged to more effectively risk stratify patients and one actually predicts their response to certain biologics before they even start them.

RMEI Presentations

When the Patient Voice is Heard in Education, Does the Clinican Listen? Dual Track Patient/Provider Education in IBD Incorporating Patients as Learners and Faculty

The Gastroenterology Learner Pathway in IBD: An Outcomes-Based Iterative Approach to IBD Education Using Advanced Analytics and Predictive Modeling to Sustain Behavioral Change

LATEST Gastroentrology ARTICLES

RSS Latest Gastroentrology Articles
  • Medicare’s New Mandatory Bundled-Payment Program — Are We Ready for TEAM? November 30, 2024
    CMS recently announced the newest iteration of bundled payments, the Transforming Episode Accountability Model. Several challenges will need to be monitored and potentially addressed during implementation.
    Sukruth A. Shashikumar, Andrew M. Ryan, Karen E. Joynt Maddox
  • Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab in Microsatellite-Instability–High Metastatic Colorectal Cancer November 28, 2024
    The combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer led to 24-month progression-free survival of 72%, as compared with 14% with chemotherapy.
    Thierry Andre, Elena Elez, Eric Van Cutsem, Lars Henrik Jensen, Jaafar Bennouna, Guillermo Mendez, Michael Schenker, Christelle de la Fouchardiere, Maria Luisa Limon, Takayuki Yoshino, Jin Li, Heinz-Josef Lenz, Jose Luis Manzano Mozo, Giampaolo Tortora, Rocio Garcia-Carbonero, Laetitia Dahan, Myriam Chalabi, Rohit Joshi, Eray Goekkurt, Maria Ignez Braghiroli, Timucin Cil, Elvis Cela, Tian Chen, Ming Lei, Matthew Dixon, Sandzhar Abdullaev, Sara Lonardi, the CheckMate 8HW Investigators*
  • Small-Bowel Obstruction and Intestinal Fistula from Accidental Ingestion of Magnets November 21, 2024
    An 18-month-old girl was evaluated for sudden-onset abdominal distention, diarrhea, and vomiting. An abdominal radiograph showed three circular radiopaque objects in the intestines and dilated loops of bowel.
    Gaurav Prasad, Vishesh Jain

RMEI LIGHTNING TALKS

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4 Years, 16 Live & Online Activities, 6000+ Clinicians: What we've learned so far

RMEI has released pairings of live and online programs approximately twice per year since 2016 grouped into “phases” which share clinical areas of focus and are based on findings from the previous phase of education. In total, 16 activities have launched to date with 4 activities currently live. The purpose of this analysis is to better understand the impact of multi-year iterative education on a clinical audience. Presented at: Society for Academic CME (SACME), virtual, February 2021; Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), virtual, April 2021.
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Effectiveness of 5-year IBD Provider Online Educational Intervention Program

There is considerable practice variability among providers caring for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. Limited data exists on the effectiveness of educational interventions targeting IBD providers to address these gaps. We report outcomes for a 5-year provider education training program which culminated in an enduring online education resource and clinical decision support tool.