What You Should Know
- Practice technology leader and EHR pioneer ModMed® announced today that it will collaborate with Medtronic, the world’s largest medtech company, to enhance the documentation of polyp detection by utilizing the AI capabilities of the GI Genius system sold by Medtronic.
- Medtronic has publicly stated a goal of supporting gastroenterologists in detecting lesions in the colon that could lead to one of the deadliest and most preventable forms of cancer. ModMed supports this goal and believes that additional efficiency can be built into the colonoscopy process.
Advancing Colonoscopy Precision: GI Genius AI System Cuts Missed Polyps by 50% and Streamlines Data Integration with ModMed’s gGastro Platform
The GI Genius system facilitates AI-assisted colonoscopies, demonstrating a 50% decrease in missed colorectal polyps compared to traditional colonoscopies. The companies plan to integrate GI Genius data into ModMed’s gGastro platform, aiming to minimize manual documentation efforts for procedural metrics during colonoscopy procedures.
“ModMed’s mission is to place doctors and patients at the center of care through an intelligent, specialty-specific cloud platform,” said Sam Cicogna, General Manager of Gastroenterology, ENT & Allergy at ModMed. “Our goal is to ensure that physicians have more time to focus on patients by building efficiency into the documentation process. Providing integration with GI Genius is an essential step towards achieving that goal.”
