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Special Outpatient Surgery Edition - Gastroenterology - January 2019

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1 2 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 9 Chicagoland's Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital now offers colono- scopies on one Saturday a month to meet the growing demand from work- ing-age patients. Weekend screenings are a growing trend that lets patients undergo procedures without having to take time off from work. "It's been a huge patient satisfier," says Laurie Polakoff, MS, RN, CGRN, CFER, a direct access nurse at Advocate. "Patients don't have to start drinking the bowel prep until 5:00 p.m. on Friday evening, so they can remain on a clear liquid diet while at work, come home and begin prepping." Currently, only one of the hospital's physicians recognizes the importance of scoping on Saturdays. He and 3 nurses begin pro- cedures at 7 a.m. and work until about 20 patients have been checked. Ms. Polakoff says requests for Saturday colonoscopies are steadily increasing, so more of the hospital's GI docs might soon have to change their weekend plans. — Daniel Cook Patients Love Saturday Colonoscopies • ADDED AVAILABILITY Members of the endoscopy team at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital work on the weekend so patients don't have to take time off to get screened. Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital MEETING THE DEMAND

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