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Gastroenterology

Alethea for Gastroenterology

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Learn more about how Alethea can be used for Gastroenterology eConsults

Confirm your diagnosis and recieve treatment advice and next steps
Improve management for patients facing excessive wait times
Maintain an open a dialogue with our Gastroenterologists for easy ongoing access to continuing advice

How can our Gastroenterology specialists help?

Alethea provides eConsult access to Gastroenterologists who are happy to answer questions about many topics including:

  • Confirmation of physician findings
  • New or alternative treatment recommendations
  • Recommendations for continued investigations
  • Clinical pathway advice, and next steps for patient management
  • Does a patient have inflammatory bowel disease or is it just irritable bowel syndrome?
  • Investigation and management advice when there has been an incidental finding of a pancreatic cyst.

Example questions our Gastroenterology Specialists can answer

Below are some example questions you can ask our Gastroenterology Specialists:

  • What is the next step for chronic GERD symptoms unresponsive to PPI therapy?
  • Should I refer this patient with mildly elevated liver enzymes and hepatic steatosis on imaging?
  • Can you assist with H. pylori treatment in a patient with penicillin allergy?
  • How should I manage a 60-year-old with new onset constipation and anemia?
  • What is the appropriate workup for suspected celiac disease?
Average decrease in Specialist wait times of 51%
Over 32,425 eConsults sent
70% of patients were not sent directly to the specialist 

Are you ready to send an eConsult through Alethea?