Maximizing Detection During Colonoscopy

The fundamental purpose of most colonoscopies is prevention of colorectal cancer (CRC), and CRC prevention starts ...

MAY 15, 2025

When It Comes to ADR, There’s No Such Thing as TMI

Visitors to the website of Shenandoah Valley Gastroenterology will find the usual information for a physician site: ...

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Dr. Sharma’s Endoscopy Insights: Improving Colonoscopy Quality

This month, my focus is on studies highlighting strategies to improve the quality of colonoscopy, including ...

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Determinants of Bowel Preparation Quality For Colonoscopy:

Colonoscopy plays an integral role in the evaluation of the lower gastrointestinal tract by allowing for the ...

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Polyp Detection Varies Dramatically Across VA Centers

Why would endoscopists at one veterans hospital have a polyp detection rate of only 18%, whereas those at another ...

JULY 13, 2020

An Egg Diet Prepares Underserved Patients for Colonoscopy

For a group of underserved patients in Louisiana, a low-residue diet is more palatable and as effective at ...

APRIL 15, 2020

Colonoscopy Skills Report Card Boosts ADRs, for Some

Use of instructional videos and a “report card” for colonoscopists modestly improved the detection of ...

MARCH 9, 2020

Practice Meeting Tackles Issues of Viability

Seattle—Can small group and solo practitioners thrive? Do payors care about or reward quality? What can we ...

JANUARY 6, 2020

Are You the Very Model of a Modern Colonoscopist?

Are your colonoscopies ready for 2020? Do you understand approaches from the simple to the technical?

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Colonoscopy Checklist: Things You Should Be Doing, but Often Don’t

Best practices aren’t accidental. Like Aristotle’s virtues, they are refined and reinforced by habit.

DECEMBER 12, 2017