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Recent articles and press reports from the MyGiHealth team
MyGiHealth was used to collect data for three important studies presented by Cedar Sinai Medical Center, Michigan Medicine, and Ironwood Pharmaceuticals at this year’s DDW conference. The self-administered surveys guided patients through an online questionnaire to determine prevalence, burden of...
Dr. Spiegel Interviewed on Onalytica: Interview with Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS
Originally published in Onalytica. Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS –Professor of Medicine and Public Health Director of Health Services Research, Cedars-Sinai Health System Director, Cedars-Sinai Master’s Degree Program in Health Delivery Science Cedars-Sinai Site Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute...
World Renowned Doctors Release Version 2.0 of MyGiHealth
70 Million Sufferers Now Have Access to the Leading Digestive Health App For Immediate Release Los Angeles, March 30, 2017 - My Total Health is excited to announce the release of MyGiHealth 2.0 an important update to their popular digestive...
Congratulations to all our researchers! A new study from the MyGiHealth team entitled “Prevalence and Predictors of Bowel Incontinence: Results from a U.S. Population-Based Study” was selected as the recipient of the 2016 American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Category Award in Functional Bowel...
Dr. Spiegel and Dr. Chey, principle investigators and co-founders of MyGiHealth, recognized by Healio Gastroenterology for their pioneering work. On behalf of SLACK Incorporated, publisher of Healio Gastroenterology, I would like to congratulate the members of the newly minted Healio...
The U-M taps into smart devices, making medicine mobile.
The first commercial mobile phone was introduced to the American market in 1983. It was cumbersome and bulky, weighing about 30 ounces. It took 10 full hours to charge, but its convenience factor revolutionized communication. By 2015, more than 92...
MyGiHealth Partners with the AGA
Digital PatientINFO Center and the MyGiHealth app provide tools for GIs to use with patients. Contact: Aimee Frank AGA Institute 301-941-2620 media@gastro.org Duncan McLaren MyGiHealth duncan@mytotalhealthinc.com AGA partners with MyGiHealth to Bring Innovative Platform to GIs and Patients Bethesda, MD...
Dr. Chey Interviewed on Fox: Low FODMAP diet shows success for people with IBS
A new study from University of Michigan finds a change in diet, can help people treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome. It's based on a low FODMAP diet. FODMAP, a frequently recommended diet, which stands for Fermentable Oligo-Di-Monosaccharides and Polyols.
Dr. Spiegel Enters Top 100 Influencers in Digital Health at #13
Originally published in Onalytica. Digital Health is the convergence of the digital and genetics revolutions within medicine and health. The goal of digital health is to ultimately improve the quality of our healthcare and our daily lives. By adopting new...
More Options to Treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Originally published in The Wall Street Journal. People suffering from a common but tough-to-treat gut disorder are discovering a growing set of treatment alternatives. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved two new drugs in the past year for...
How Digital Health Will Transform Gastroenterology
2015 American Journal of Gastroenterology Lecture 2015 American Journal of Gastroenterology Lecture: How Digital Health Will Transform Gastroenterology Brennan Spiegel MD, MSHS1,2,3 1Department of Medicine, Division of Health Services Research, Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, California, USA 2UCLA Fielding School...
How My GI Health changed the conversation for patients
As seen in Medical Marketing & Media : My GI Health features an animated video showing a patient visiting a doctor with questions about her gastrointestinal health. Nearly two years ago, while writing for MM&M's website, Tom McCourt, chief commercial officer and SVP,...
DEVELOPING A WEARABLE BIOSENSOR: A DOCTOR'S STORY
Originally published by Maneesh Juneja
The Digital Doctor: How Technologies Enhance Health Care
Published by Healio Gastroenterology. While physicians as a whole slowly adopt new technology, such as implementation of electronic medical records, a new wave of clinicians look toward clinical research and doctor involvement to bring digital technologies into the GI practice...
Study: Virtual reality therapy can lower stress levels of hospital patients
LOS ANGELES (NBC News) — An innovative study at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center aims to ease the stress of staying in the hospital. Doctors at Cedars-Sinai are studying the effects of virtual reality on hospital patients whose real world surroundings can...
Social Media 101: Who’s Who in GI on Twitter
Published by the ACG : Feb 5th, 2016 – by Jordan Karlitz, MD, FACGC Physicians Active on Twitter Compiled by Dr. Austin Chiang and Dr. Allison Yang Some physicians are engaging actively via Twitter. As members of the ACG Public...
GI Logic gets FDA clearance for connected wearable stethoscope
Published by Mobi Health News : By Jonah Comstock GI Logic has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a novel device that noninvasively monitors the digestive system after patients have surgery. The device, called AbStats, consists of two disposable sensors, a...
Preventing patient absenteeism: validation of a predictive overbooking model
Published in NCBI : Reid M, Cohen S, Wang H, Kaung A, Patel A, Tashjian V, Williams DL Jr, Martinez B, Spiegel BM1. Abstract OBJECTIVES: To develop a model that identifies patients at high risk for missing scheduled appointments ("no-shows"...
Biosensor Predicts Which Abdominal Surgery Patients Will Have Postoperative Complications
Published by Cedars-Sinai FDA Clearance Received for Wearable Biosensor that Enables Physicians to Monitor Digestion and Determine When Patients Can Safely Eat After Surgery Los Angeles – Dec. 18, 2015 – A disposable biosensor, developed by a Cedars-Sinai physician to...
FDA's scope reprocessing guidelines most cost-effective for infection prevention
As seen on Healio Gastroenterology : A cost-utility analysis of four different endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography duodenoscope reprocessing strategies for preventing patient transmission of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae showed the approach recommended by the FDA is the most cost-effective. “Contaminated endoscopes cause more...