GI & Endoscopy

Four Tennessee gastroenterologists have opened a new practice called Gastroenterology Consultants, located in Cookeville, Tenn., according to a report from the Herald-Citizen.

Gastroenterologist Ian Renner, MD, has joined the active medical staff at Mark Twain St. Joseph's Hospital in San Andreas, Calif., according to a Pine Tree report.

Linda Beaver, RN, MSN, MHA, administrator at Gateway Endoscopy Center in St. Louis, shares a best practice on how ASCs can achieve more effective and successful colonoscopy screenings with patients.

Linda Beaver, RN, MSN, MHA, administrator of Gateway Endoscopy Center in St. Louis, discusses how her ASC worked to ensure physicians were withdrawing scopes during GI procedures in the proper amount of time.

Bunny Twiford, RN, president of Twiford Consulting in Warminster, Pa., shares six things GI-driven ASCs should benchmark.

Here are 10 statistics about gross charges for GI/endoscopy cases in the ASC setting, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

A New Orleans physician has reported the first use of a surgical robot guided by a miniature salivary endoscope to remove a salivary stone and repair the salivary duct, according to a Medical News report.

Here are 10 statistics about net revenue for GI/endoscopy cases in the ASC setting, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

Solos Endoscopy has announced the completion of a capital restructuring initiative, part of a previously announced recapitalization plan expected to help grow the company over the next 12 months, according to a company news release.

Here is a list of statistics on the U.S. GI and endoscopic device market from Millennium Resource Group's report, US Markets for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Devices 2010.