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5 Gastroenterology Practices To Know

Here are five gastroenterology groups that have made headlines recently:

1. Pen Bay Gastroenterology (Rockport, Maine). This practice recently expanded its staff with the additions of gastroenterologist Eric Elton, MD, and nurse practitioner Amber Mastronardi, MSN, RN, which are part of a larger effort by MaineHealth and Pen Bay to increase access to GI care. Since Dr. Elton's addition in January, wait times for routine colonoscopies have been cut in half.  

2. The University of Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha). The medical center added Fedja Rochling, MD, as its division chief of gastroenterology and hepatology after the center's former GI and hepatology chief, Peter Mannon, MD, stepped away from his role to focus on his position as director of the Frederick F. Paustian Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center and other professional endeavors. 

3. Gastroenterology and Nutrition Specialists (Orlando, Fla.). The practice recently finalized a  partnership with Gastro Health, a leading GI group in the U.S. With more than 400 physicians and 150 locations.

4. Midwest Gastrointestinal Associates (Omaha, Neb.). The group recently entered into a partnership with Atlantic, Iowa-based Cass Health that will bring two of Midwest's gastroenterologists to Cass monthly to treat patients with various conditions and perform colonoscopies and EGD procedures. 

5.  Florida Digestive Health Specialists (Bradenton). This practice added ambulatory cloud EHR eClinicalWorks' AI tools and virtual scribe Sunoh.Ai to assist with patient information charting and streamlined workflows. EClinicalWorks tools include generative AI models enabling a conversational EHR and image AI assistants to facilitate document recognition routing for incoming faxes. Sunoh.Ai is designed to accelerate clinical documentation for the system.

Baptist Health Richmond Expands Mobile Clinic Services

RICHMOND, Ky. — Baptist Health Richmond, in partnership with the Madison Home, Inc., God's Outreach Madison County Food Bank and SPARK Ministries of Madison County, is expanding mobile healthcare clinic services to serve Madison and surrounding counties.

The mobile clinic will be located at 105 Fifth St. In Richmond (Madison Home) on the first and third Wednesday of each month from 8:30-11 a.M.

The mobile clinic will be located at 11512 E. Main St. In Richmond (God's Outreach Madison County Food Bank) on the first and third Wednesday of each month from noon-4 p.M.

The mobile clinic will be located at 234 E Main St. In Richmond (SPARK Ministries of Madison County) every Thursday of each month from 11 a.M.-5 p.M.

Courtney Foley, PA-C, Baptist Health Medical Group Primary Care, offers wellness visits as well as treatment for the following conditions: acute illness, fever, sore throat, stomachache, sinus infection, migraine, skin infection, pink eye and flu vaccines.

Walk-in appointments are available as are scheduled appointments; call (859) 624-6366.

Baptist encourages anyone who wants to discuss opportunities for community collaboration or learn more about the mobile healthcare clinic to call Sara Stringfield, director of community health and Engagement at Baptist Health Richmond, at (859) 625-3675.

The Baptist Health Medical Group Richmond Rural Health Clinic is based at 107 Meridian Way, Richmond, KY 40475.

Baptist Health Taps Former Integris Exec As Chief Nursing Officer Of 2 Hospitals

Little Rock, Ark.-based Baptist Health has named Brandi Stewart, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer of two hospitals. 

Ms. Stewart will serve as CNO of Baptist Health-Fort Smith (Ark.) and Baptist Health-Van Buren (Ark.), according to a March 7 news release. 

She has spent 25 years in nursing and joins the system from Integris Health Canadian Valley Hospital in Yukon, Okla., where she served as vice president and CNO. 

Baptist Health is the largest nonprofit healthcare system in Arkansas and operates 11 hospitals. 

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