Implementation of a same-day, round-trip interventional endoscopy service for rural and critical access hospital patients

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Hospital Medicine, CentraCare-St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA.
• ² Interventional Endoscopy Program, CentraCare-St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA.
• ³ Department of Anesthesia, CentraCare-St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA.
• ⁴ Specialty Care Division, CentraCare-St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA.
• ⁵ Department of Surgery, CentraCare-Rice Memorial Hospital, Willmar, Minnesota, USA.
• ⁶ Department of Surgery, Minnesota Center for Resuscitative Trauma Care, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
• ⁷ Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
• ⁸ Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
• ⁹ Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Interventional Endoscopy Program, CentraCare-St. Cloud Hospital, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.