GI & Endoscopy

Takeda, Sweden-based Karolinska Institutet and The Structural Genomics Consortium entered into a pre-competitive and proprietary collaboration to research and test potential intervention points for inflammatory bowel disease. 

CMS and Acumen are field testing a new screening/surveillance colonoscopy cost-saving Merit-based Incentive Payment System measure.

Phoenix Endoscopy is the procedure center of Arizona Digestive Health, also in Phoenix.

Here are six practices and hospitals making headlines this past week.

A research letter, published in JAMA, examined the relationship between colonoscopy and appendicitis.

Dhiraj Gulati, MD, joined Aurora, Ill.-based Rush Copley Medical Group, Kendall County Now reports.

Adhering to the influx of regulations and dealing with EMR connectivity issues cost gastroenterologists energy and time. In 2017, 50 percent of gastroenterologists reported feeling burned out due to increased regulations, working long hours for lower compensation and working with…

Michiana Endoscopy Center serves the South Bend, Ind., area and its surrounding communities.

Here are five updates on GI companies from the past week:

Kevin Bryne, DO, joined Osage Beach, Mo.-based Lake Regional Medical Group, Devils Lake Journal reports.