GI & Endoscopy

South Fla.-based Digestive CARE selected the eClinicalWorks cloud-based 10e EHR solution for its 67 providers across 28 locations.

Camp Hill, Pa.-based company GI Supply launched the Spot Ex Endoscopic Tattoo to help gastroenterologists and surgeons fight colon cancer. Spot Ex is now indicated for clinical surveillance and surgical localization.

UMass Memorial Health Alliance-Clinton (Mass.) Hospital revealed plans to close its endoscopy services last week, giving less than three weeks' notice before the closure, according to a statement from the Massachusetts Nurses Association.

Israeli company RedHill Biopharma Ltd. released final results from the Phase II clinical study with Bekinda 12 milligrams for treatment of diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome.

Daryl Hutchinson, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Arizona Digestive Health in Surprise.

Here are four gastroenterology-focused ASCs or facilities that were announced or opened in December 2017.

Results from TiGenix's phase III Admire-CD trial for Cx601, a perianal fistulas treatment for Crohn's disease patients, were published in Gastroenterology. 

Medical diagnostic company Check-Cap received a CE mark for C-Scan, an ingestible capsule for preparation-free colorectal cancer screening.

Here are the five most popular gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Jan. 8 to Jan. 12, 2018.

Kent Katz, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Casper-based Wyoming Medical Center.