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Tags: Digestive Disease Associates | Florida | free colonoscopies | North Florida Endoscopy Center | uninsured patients

Digestive Disease Associates and North Florida Endoscopy Center in Gainesville, Fla., will offer free colonoscopies to 50 uninsured patients during the month of March, according to a report in The Gainesville Sun. Click to continue »  

Tags: endoscopy | GI registry | GIQuIC | Outcome Sciences

The GI Quality Improvement Consortium (GIQuIC), in partnership with Outcome Sciences, has developed a national GI endoscopy data repository for storage and maintenance of endoscopic quality measures, according to a news release from the American College of Gastroenterology. Click to continue »  

Tags: BCBS | colorectal cancer screening | South Carolina | uninsured patients

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina has set aside $20,000 to fund colorectal cancer screenings for uninsured patients through the South Carolina Gastroenterology Association and the University of South Carolina's Cancer Research Center, according to a news release from S.C. BlueCross. Click to continue »  

Tags: ACG | colonoscopy | colorectal cancer screening | President Obama

Philip O. Katz, MD, president of the American College of Gastroenterology, defended traditional colonoscopy as a more effective, cost-savvy choice over virtual, or CT, colonoscopy in a letter to President Obama. Click to continue »  

Tags: Arizona | gastroenterology | Phoenix Childrens Hospital

Ramon Montes, MD, has rejoined the staff of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Phoenix Children's Hospital, having previous served as a pediatric gastroenterologist at the hospital from 1998-2003, according to a report in Latino Perspectives Magazine. Click to continue »  

Tags: endoscope manufacturer | labeling | SS1 | Steris

The FDA's Office of Compliance has issued a letter to endoscope manufacturers regarding labeling on reusable medical devices that references the STERIS System 1 processor. Click to continue »  

Tags: acquisition transaction | ASCs Inc. | Mid-Peninsula Endoscopy Center

ASCs Inc., an adviser for surgery centers, endoscopy centers and surgical hospitals, has announced the closing of an acquisition transaction for Mid-Peninsula Endoscopy Center in San Mateo, Calif. Click to continue »  

Tags: gastroenterology | office | opening | Uma Karnam | Utah

Gastroenterologist Uma Karnam, MD, has opened a new office in Park City, Utah, his third in the region, according to a report from Dr. Karnam's office. Click to continue »  

Tags: endoscopy | gastroenterology | gross charges | Intellimarker | revenue | statistics | surgery centers | VMG Health

Here are the median gross charges and net revenues per GI/endoscopy case by a surgery center's number of operating rooms, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker. Click to continue »  

Tags: gastroscope | GIF-H180J | Olympus | upper GI screening

Olympus, a precision technology leader, has introduced the GIF-H180J scope, a 9.9-mm gastroscope that delivers HDTV image quality and Narrow Band Imaging for upper gastrointestinal screening, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, according to an Olympus news release. Click to continue »  
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