Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System began a clinical trial to test an artificial intelligence device used to increase polyp detection during colonoscopy, thechattanoogan.com reported Feb. 8.
GI & Endoscopy
The GI Quality Improvement Consortium board of directors is going through a leadership transition as Glenn Eisen, MD, steps down after 11 years of service, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy announced Feb. 3.
Well Health reached an arrangement agreement to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of CRH Medical at $4 per share, the company announced Feb. 8.
In what's shaping up to be a banner year of private equity investment in gastroenterology, PE Hub reported Feb. 5 that Audax Private Equity will sell Miami-based Gastro Health in 2021.
Gastroenterology's mainstay procedure has seen a flurry of recent developments, and the largest was the closure of the colonoscopy loophole.
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Here are the most-read GI articles during the week of Feb. 1-5:
Family history of colorectal cancer, hyperlipidemia, obesity and alcohol consumption could all be risk factors behind developing early-onset colorectal cancer, according to a Jan. 28 study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Florida gastroenterologist Stewart Bitman, MD, was arrested Jan. 23, after he allegedly sent inappropriate photos to a 13-year-old, the South Florida SunSentinel reported Jan. 26.
Patients must confirm a positive stool-based colorectal cancer screening test with a colonoscopy, and delaying that follow-up colonoscopy has led to increased CRC rates, according to a study published in Gastroenterology Feb. 2.