GI & Endoscopy

Here are seven gastroenterologists that made the news within the past week.

Four endoscopy centers in the Milwaukee, Wis., area implemented Anesthesia Touch, a new anesthesia information management system for iPad and Windows, according to a Milwaukee Business News report.  

The Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health, a center for GI cancer and wellness in New York, celebrated its 10th anniversary this month.

Sean Moore, MD, a pediatric gastroenterologist with Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, has received a $1 million Phase II grant from Grand Challenges Exploration, a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation initiative.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services leads the way in many areas of healthcare policy, including reimbursement. Here are 20 things for gastroenterologists to know about Medicare reimbursement in the GI field.

Two recent studies of the ENDOCUFF Endoscopic Overtube from MEDIVATORS, a subsidiary of Cantel Medical, have demonstrated the device's ability to improve polyp and adenoma detection rate.

Opioids are frequently used to manage pain and symptoms associated with inflammatory bowel disease. A recent study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology analyzes the prevalence and risk factors for opioid use in IBD patients.

Inadequate bowel preparation requiring a repeat colonoscopy is defined as inability to detect polyps greater than 5 mm. In a recent study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, researchers set out to determine how different levels of bowel preparation…

Mayo Clinic and IBM have begun a collaboration to leverage IBM’s Watson cognitive computer to enroll patients in clinical trials. Mayo clinic gastroenterologist Nicholas LaRusso, MD, is serving as the project’s lead, according to a CIO report.

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