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Dr. Rajiv Bhuta Provides Perspective on Study Which Found Patient Navigation More Effective Than Usual Care in Increasing Follow-up Colonoscopy Rates

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Rajiv Bhuta, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, provided perspective for a Medscape article on an Annals of Internal Medicine study which found that patient navigation was more effective than usual care in increasing follow-up colonoscopy rates after an abnormal stool test result. Dr. Bhuta was not involved in the study. GI & Hepatology News picked up the Medscape article.