GI & Endoscopy

Early diagnostic screening for colorectal cancer continues to be essential in reducing CRC-related mortality rate, according to Pharmacy Times.

Here are four updates from gastroenterology companies and practices from the past week:

A decline in the number of U.S. primary care physicians suggests an increasing emphasis on specialty care, according to VMG Health's 2020 "Healthcare M&A Report."

Bradenton-based Florida Digestive Health Specialists reopened the Center for Endoscopy a week after Florida allowed elective procedures to resume and is already seeing surgical volume return to pre-COVID-19 levels.

A soon-to-be published study in Gastroenterology found a common therapy for inflammatory bowel disease may be associated with more severe cases of COVID-19.

Dallas-based GI Alliance will use Modernizing Medicine Gastroenterology as its electronic health records system vendor.

Bobbi Freeman, RN, the gastroenterology endoscopy and GI lab manager of Harbin Clinic Endoscopy Center in Rome, Ga., outlines how her center is resuming operations during the pandemic and what it expects in the next year.

Remote communication is enabling gastroenterology groups to continue practicing during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News.

Here are the five most-read Becker's ASC Review articles for gastroenterologists the week of May 11-15:

Medscape released its Physician Compensation Report 2020, examining how COVID-19 affected clinician salaries.