Digestive Diseases & Disorders

TO RAISE FUNDS FOR RESEARCH TOWARDS NEW THERAPIES AND CURES FOR CROHN'S DISEASE AND ULCERATIVE COLITIS. ALSO TO RAISE GLOBAL AWARENESS OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE BY EMPOWERING BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN TO JOIN IN FUNDRAISING EFFORTS.

THE DIGESTIVE HEALTH PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATION (DHPA) IS A TRADE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT GASTROENTEROLOGY (GI) PHYSICIAN PRACTICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH THE AIM OF PROMOTING AND PRESERVING ACCESSIBLE, HIGH QUALITY AND COST-EFFICIENT CARE PROVIDED IN THE INDEPENDENT GI MEDICAL PRACTICE SETTING. DHPA FOCUSES ON COLLECTING, BENCHMARKING, AND ANALYZING DATA RELEVANT TO INDEPENDENT GI MEDICAL PRACTICES. THE ASSOCIATION CAPITALIZES ON ITS MEMBER PRACTICES' DATA RESOURCES TO AUGMENT DHPA'S PUBLIC POLICY, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF INDEPENDENT GI PRACTICES AND THEIR PATIENTS. OUR MEMBERS CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO IMPROVE PATIENT CARE AND OUTCOMES BY SUPPORTING HEALTHCARE POLICY THAT PROMOTES ACCESSIBLE, HIGH QUALITY AND COST-EFFICIENT MEDICINE IN THE INDEPENDENT GI MEDICAL PRACTICE SETTING.

NYCCO IS ORGANIZED TO CONDUCT, HAVE PUBLISHED, AND DISTRIBUTE RESEARCH, STUDIES, AND ANALYSIS RELATING TO IBD. TO THAT END, NYCCO SEEKS TO ENHANCE THE LEVEL OF CARE FOR PATIENTS IN THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA SUFFERING FROM IBD, THROUGH COLLABORATIVE AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVED COOPERATION AMONGST IBD CLINICIANS IN THE NEW YORK AREA. NYCCO CAN BETTER ACHIEVE THIS GOAL BY GENERATING PUBLIC INTEREST IN IMPROVING TREATMENTS OR FINDING A CURE FOR THE DISEASE.