Priya Kathpalia, MD
If the experience of a University of California, San Francisco research team reflects common practice, most patients who undergo endoscopy for heartburn and dyspepsia are not first receiving the recommended diagnostic tests and treatments.
However, implementing a simple educational intervention delivered through the institution’s electronic health record (EHR) could help correct the problem.
“Nearly 40% of our upper endoscopies are directly referred by the primary