PAION initiated a dedicated safety study of Remimazolam in American Society of Anesthesiologists classification III to IV patients undergoing colonoscopy as part of the U.S. Phase III program.
GI & Endoscopy
The 2015 CPT manual redefines an incomplete colonoscopy as a "colonoscopy that does not evaluate the entire colon," according to the American Gastroenterological Association.
The GI societies have been advocating for the American Board of Internal Medicine to overhaul its Maintenance of Certification process. Now, ABIM has announced Continuing Medical Education credit from an approved provider can now count as MOC credit, according to…
The landscape for gastroenterologists is constantly changing as the healthcare environment evolves. But there is still substantial benefit for GI physicians outside hospital employment in the future.
James F. Marion, MD, is a professor of medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; and director of education and outreach at the Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at The Mount Sinai Hospital, all…
Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Nov. 23 to Nov. 27.
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy is going mobile with a new app for Apple and Android devices, according to an iMedicalApps report.
Memorial Hermann Medical Group Multi-Specialty Clinic Sugar Land (Texas) has added a new pediatric gastroenterologist to its team, according to a Sugar Land Sun report.
Here are three recent news updates on key gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.
Jean-Paul Achkar, MD, is a staff physician in the department of gastroenterology of Cleveland Clinic’s Digestive Disease Center. He previously served as director of the Cleveland Clinic Gastroenterology Fellowship Program. He is a member of the American College of Gastroenterology,…
