GI & Endoscopy

Here are 26 GI/endoscopy-related devices that received FDA 510(k) clearance thus far in 2014.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved the GI Quality Improvement Consortium as a Physician Quality Reporting System qualified clinical data registry.

Cantel Medical has agreed to acquire PuriCore International, an automated endoscope reprocessor manufacturer based in the United Kingdom, for a purchase price of $26.9 million, according to an Infection Control Today report.

Gastrointestinal diseases generate approximately $142 billion in direct and indirect costs each year in the United States, according to a Medscape report. Here are four things to know about the morbidity, mortality and economic burden associated with GI diseases.

A recent study presented at Digestive Disease Week in Chicago compares laparoscopic hemicolectomy and laparoscopic-assisted colonoscopy for the removal of large, difficult-to-remove polyps. The study suggests that the procedure could reduce the length of hospital stays and save the healthcare…

U.S. Endoscopy, an endoscopy device design and manufacturing company, has released the Lariat snare, according to an EndoNurse report.

Jeffrey Glenn, MD, PhD, will lead the development of a new Center of Excellence for Translational Research at Stanford (Calif.) Medicine.

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, the fourth largest Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliated company, operates health plans in Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia covering approximately 5.2 million lives. This spring, Highmark announced plans to enact a new monitored anesthesia care…

U.S. Representative Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) recently toured Raleigh (N.C) Endoscopy Center.

Western New York Pediatric Gastroenterology opened a new office location in Batavia, N.Y., according to a report by The Buffalo News.