A recent study performed by Kaiser Permanente California revealed that the majority of hospitalized patients who tested positive for C. difficile infection did so outside the hospital or within the first 72 hours of being admitted, according to a Medscape…
GI & Endoscopy
The American Gastroenterological Association has expressed support of the transparency efforts of the Sunshine Act, or Open Payments program, but is advocating for a number of changes.
La Peer Health Systems, a Beverly Hills, Calif.-based outpatient surgery center, has added gastroenterologists Benjamin Basseri, MD, and Marc Makhani, MD, to its team.
Mauna Kea Technologies, a global medical device company, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its new Cellvizio system that functions at a near-infrared wavelength of 785 nanometers.
In 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began to conduct a study to measure the patient time and costs associated with colorectal cancer screening colonoscopy and fecal immunochemical tests, according to an insurancenewsnet report.
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Ambulatory surgery centers and endoscopy centers are only as strong as their physicians. Five gastroenterologists weigh in how GI physicians can become leaders at their centers and inspire their colleagues to do the same.
Two Tennessee endoscopy centers have partnered with MDSave to create a colonoscopy bundled pricing program, according to a heraldonline report. Here are five things to know about the pilot program and its participants.
The American Gastroenterological Society, American College of Gastroenterology, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases joined more than 20 specialty societies to voice concern over the recent American Board of Internal Medicine recertification…
The global endoscopy device market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6.8 percent from 2013 to 2019, according to Transparency Markets Research report.
The American Society of Association Executives granted the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy its 2014 ASAE Power of A Summit Award.