P193 THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IBD SPECIALTY CLINIC WITHIN A GASTROENTEROLOGY PRACTICE

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic disease that has no cure. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease often require frequent hospital visits due to rapid changes in their illness. After analyzing the amount of hospital visits the practice’s IBD patients were making on a yearly basis, it was apparent that these patients needed rapid access to care, provided by a Gastroenterologist. It was then decided to develop an IBD clinic within the Gastroenterology practice for these patients to receive high quality, affordable, and quick access to care.

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