GI & Endoscopy

Cleveland Clinic's Weston (Fla.) department of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition — part of its digestive disease center — has established a center for pancreatic care, according to a March 9 report from South Florida Hospital News.

Since 2010, over half of practicing gastroenterologists in the U.S. have been women, according to data from career website Zippia.

Gastrointestinal health company Oshi Health has appointed two digital health veterans, Randy Forman and Ryan Powers, as its chief commercial officer and chief financial officer. 

Nearly 1.9 million Americans received prescriptions for the proton-pump inhibitor omeprazole, the most frequently prescribed gastroenterology medication in 2021, according to 2022 data from Definitive Healthcare. 

Colorectal cancer is expected to cause about 52,550 deaths in 2023, according to the American Cancer Society. 

Here are seven gastroenterology technology updates Becker's has reported on since Feb. 21:

AMSURG completed more than 1 million colonoscopies in 2022, the ASC chain said March 6. 

Healthcare research and technology company Clario, gastroenterology consultant GI Reviewers, and medical artificial intelligence technology developer RSIP Vision have teamed up to create an AI-based scoring system for inflammatory bowel disease. 

 Dr. Conar Fitton, Board Certified Gastroenterology Specialist in New Orleans, LA, paid consultant of Salix Pharmaceuticals

Though payers have been trying to push more procedures out of hospitals, low reimbursements have the potential to cause these efforts to backfire by pushing independent physicians, including gastroenterologists, to migrate to hospital settings.