GI & Endoscopy

Here are four new GI driven ASCs and facilities that were opened or announced in September 2018:

James Whatley IV, MD, joined Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Medical Group's Gastrointestinal Specialists.

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy recognized Stamford (Conn.) Health's endoscopy center through its Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program.

With a rapidly growing presence in the U.S., nurse practitioners are uniquely positioned to promote colorectal cancer screening in rural settings, according to AJMC.

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network volunteer Catherine Blackstone is one of many urging U.S. legislators to close the colonoscopy loophole, according to an article in The Logan Daily News.

The Drummond Group awarded Modernizing Medicine's EMA and EMA Mobile EHR systems Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology 2015 Edition Health IT Module Certification.

Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies subsidiary Ethicon's Linx Reflux Management System was "significantly more effective" at treating gastrointestinal reflux disease than acid suppression drugs.

Pentax Canada will begin selling CapsoVision's CapsoCam Plus system in Canada.

Brian C. Jacobson, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Boston University Gastroenterology.

The American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases are working to create a new recertification pathway.