Gastroenterologist Allan Hardy, MD, has joined Georgia-based The Center for Digestive and Liver Health and The Endoscopy Center, according to a Savannah Morning News report.
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Barry Tanner is president and CEO of Physicians Endoscopy, which specializes in development and management of freestanding, single-specialty ASCs. He identifies five trends for GI-driven ASCs.
Administrator Parth Zaveri and Clinical Manager Susan Rahn of the Endoscopy Center of St. Louis, which has expanded to two centers in the past five years, share three of the facility's best practices to keep costs low.
Gastroenterologist Fernando Bermudez, MD, medical director and a member of the board at Eastside Endoscopy Center and a physician with G.I. Medicine Associates, both located in St. Clair Shores, Mich., shares his comments on a recent study published in the…
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Using a split-dosage schedule is a more effective bowel cleansing method than a single dosage before colonoscopies, according a study by Italian researchers published in the August issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Cathleen Rohling is chief operating officer for AAAHC-accredited GastroIntestinal Associates Endoscopy Center in Wausau, Wis. She discusses a few recent efforts her two-year-old center has undertaken to better meet accreditation standards concerning risk management and root cause analysis.
Medical and Surgical Clinic of Irving (Texas) has announced gastroenterologist Mabel Zevallos, MD, is joining its staff as the first female gastroenterologist in Irving, according to the Irving Chamber of Commerce via the Brummit Group.
A new study claims to show that primary care physicians performing colonoscopies in licensed ASCs have comparable performance quality indicators and lesion detection rates to those for experienced gastroenterologists.
To nominate an ASC as a GI-driven ASC to know, e-mail rob@beckersasc.com. A list of 30 GI-Driven ASCs to Know will appear on www.BeckerASC.com and in an upcoming issue of Becker's ASC Review. New York GI Center is a single-speciatly…