Bloodwork in Liver Disease

There’s imaging, of course, in diagnosing and surveilling longitudinal outcomes in liver disease. But bloodwork is typically first, fastest, and represents the most “Diagnostic Test Adherence.” Also, one can have a venipuncture even in the home...

2025 HCV Report Cards Are In

The Hepatitis C: State of Medicaid Access project is an important collaboration between the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and the Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) to assess/grade the state of access to hepatitis C...

Fatty Liver Index vs FIB-4 Index

Let’s compare them! What each index is designed to do: Fatty Liver Index (FLI) Best for: Detecting hepatic steatosis (fatty liver) What it estimates: Presence of liver fat Inputs: BMI, waist circumference, triglycerides, GGT Primary use: Screening for MASLD /...

Liver Transplants in Maryland

Here’s a summary of the state of liver transplants in Maryland (for adults), based on data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) portal. With just two adult liver-transplant centers in the state, most liver transplants for Maryland residents...

LiverRight Goal: ESI

We offer same-week video visits for potential liver disease patients, and we diagnose. And we offer to take on the patients with a diagnosis (F1 / F2 / F3 / F4) for longitudinal care.If we had vanity license plates, each of us, they’d start LRESI-1 through about...