A study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, claims nurses were more effective than physicians when put in charge of colorectal cancer surveillance, reducing the number of unnecessary colonoscopies, Medical Xpress reports.
GI & Endoscopy
Here are seven updates on GI companies from the past week:
The FDA granted Custom Ultrasonics' System 83-plus Automated Endoscope Reprocessor approval to reprocess Olympus TJF-Q180V and Pentax ED-3490TK duodenoscopes.
Kent Cunningham, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Sumter (S.C.) Gastroenterology.
The Barbara Northeimer Fish Memorial Cancer Fund bestowed a $175,000 gift to Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Cancer Institute to support colorectal cancer screenings.
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Merritt Hawkins released its 2018 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives report documenting the salaries of several healthcare specialties.
Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare partnered with Cantel Medical to install the nation's first Advantage Plus Pass-Thru Automated Endoscope Reprocessor.
Here are 10 gastroenterologists who made headlines in May:
Bergein Overholt, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Knoxville, Tenn.-based Gastrointestinal Associates.
As he opened the 2018 AMA Annual Meeting, June 9 to June 13 in Chicago, American Medical Association President David O. Barbe, MD, recognized Larry Kosinski, MD, and several others for their efforts to "move medicine."