GI & Endoscopy

Aging patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at greater risk for cancer and other conditions because of immunosuppression and their increased exposure to inflammation, MedPage Today reports.

Over 2,250 ASCs claimed either private or government insurance for colonoscopies in 2018, according to data from Definitive Healthcare, a company that tracks healthcare data.

Here are five of the most popular gastroenterology stories in Becker's ASC Review for the week of April 17-23:

FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health Director Jeffrey Shuren, MD, issued a new communication on surgical staplers and implantable staples.

The Ponderay, Idaho-based Pend Oreille Surgery Center is celebrating its 10th anniversary May 13. Since opening, the ASC's clinicians have cared for over 10,000 patients, and physicians at the center have performed over 13,000 procedures.

Here are three updates on gastroenterology companies and centers from the last week:

Terrence A. Barrett, MD, is chief of the division of digestive diseases and nutrition at Lexington, Ky.-based UK Healthcare.

A study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology examined how programming EHRs affected clinical testing.

There is a growing body of evidence for using virtual reality technology when treating disorders of the GI tract, according to research presented at the American Gastroenterological Association Tech Summit held this month in San Francisco.

The Cleveland Clinic Pediatric Institute named pediatric gastroenterologist Karen F. Murray, MD, as its new chair, as well as the physician-in-chief of Cleveland Clinic Children's and president of the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation.