Keck Hospital and School of Medicine of USC makes powerful strides with tele-GI

Patients requiring upper or lower gastrointestinal diagnostics normally have to present to a hospital or clinic for a tube-based endoscopy. The capacities for these procedures are constrained by infrastructure (rooms, endoscopes, etc.) and expert personnel (doctors, nurses, technicians, administrators).

THE PROBLEM

Even without the unparalleled pressure from the pandemic, meeting demand can be costly and is often not available locally at all…