Here are three updates on GI companies and practices:
GI & Endoscopy
Higgs Boson Health has partnered with UVA Health to provide patients undergoing GI Endoscopy with the Manage My Surgery digital health platform.
Chris Shaver, MD, is the CEO at Birmingham (Ala.) Gastroenterology Associates. Here, he offers eight predictions on the future of the specialty in 2021:
These are the stories that made the biggest splash on Becker's ASC Review's gastroenterology line in 2020:
As a year unlike any other comes to a close, several trends emerged in gastroenterology over the past year that will continue to emerge in 2021. Here, six gastroenterologists share their predictions on the future of the specialty:
Patients from certain ethnic groups with colorectal cancer may be unable to access follow-up care, according to a study published in Cancer.
New York City-based Mount Sinai researchers built risk scores that improve prediction of inflammatory bowel disease risk, according to a Dec. 24 news release.
Here's a state-by-state breakdown of the 44 gastroenterology centers that opened or were announced in 2020:
Atlanta-based United Digestive didn't renew its professional services agreement with CRH Medical, and its contract will expire Oct. 31, 2021, CRH announced Dec. 22.
Here are the most-read GI articles during the week of Dec. 21-25:
