Gastroenterology Editing and Proofreading Services

Gastroenterology runs on two documents that could not be more different: an endoscopy report written in a standardized clinical shorthand, and a bowel-preparation instruction sheet that a patient must follow perfectly at home the day before. One is judged by colleagues and auditors; the other is judged by whether the colon is clean at 8 a.m. Poor preparation instructions cause more canceled procedures than any clinical factor, and they are pure writing.

The documents we edit for Gastroenterology

We edit what gastroenterology services produce — endoscopy and colonoscopy reports and templates, bowel preparation instructions, informed consent for endoscopic procedures and sedation, referral and consultation letters, patient education on inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease, reflux, and liver disease, biologic prior-authorization letters, screening program material and invitation letters, quality indicator reporting, and manuscripts for gastroenterology and hepatology journals. Our editors check that findings, locations, and specimen labels agree between the report, the pathology request, and the letter to the referrer.

What the editing involves

Preparation instructions deserve the same rigour as a protocol, because that is what they are. We rewrite them as a timed sequence — what to do three days before, the day before, at a stated hour the evening before, and the morning of — with each medication decision stated explicitly rather than left to the patient's judgment, and with the "what if" cases answered on the page: what to do about diabetes medication, blood thinners, vomiting the preparation, or an unclear result at midnight.

Confidentiality and the limits of our role

Everything you send is confidential. Whether you are a unit rewriting the prep sheet that keeps producing inadequate bowel preparation, a physician preparing a manuscript, or a screening program drafting an invitation letter that has to reach people who have ignored two already, we can make the writing work harder than it currently does.