GI & Endoscopy

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

After a negative complete colonoscopy, patients who have their colonoscopy performed at a hospital by a non-gastroenterologist may be at higher risk of developing subsequent colorectal cancer than those whose procedure is performed by a gastroenterologist, according to a new…