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TriHealth is a unified health system based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. [1] It was originally formed in 1995. Currently the system comprises four general hospitals: Bethesda North, Good Samaritan, Bethesda Butler [2] and McCullough-Hyde Memorial.
The American Gastroenterological Association is a professional association for gastroenterologists. The AGA was founded in 1897 and has grown to include 16,000 members worldwide who are involved in all aspects of the science, practice, and advancement of gastroenterology. [1]
Patient portals are healthcare-related online applications that allow patients to interact and communicate with their healthcare providers, such as physicians and hospitals. Typically, portal services are available on the Internet at all hours of the day and night.
[citation needed] By 1875, 800 medical students were being trained in Cincinnati, many of them at Good Samaritan Hospital and by 1899, the first class of eight nurses had graduated from the Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing.
The academic health center concept originated with physician Daniel Drake, who founded the Medical College of Ohio, the precursor to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, in 1819. A municipally owned college for most of its history, the University of Cincinnati joined Ohio's higher education system in July 1977.
The digestive system functions to move material through the GI tract via peristalsis, break down that material via digestion, absorb nutrients for use throughout the body, and remove waste from the body via defecation. [3] Physicians who specialize in the medical specialty of gastroenterology are called gastroenterologists or sometimes GI doctors.
Established in 1980, the Clearinghouse provides information about digestive diseases to people with digestive disorders and to their families, health care professionals, and the public. The NDDIC answers inquiries, develops and distributes publications, and works closely with professional and patient organizations and Government agencies to ...
Douglas Kevin Rex is an American gastroenterologist who teaches at Indiana University School of Medicine. [1] He is well known for his prolific publishing in the field of gastroenterology particularly in colonoscopy and colorectal cancer screening [2] and is widely regarded as one of the doctors who established colonoscopy as a safe and effective procedure. [3]