The FDA has approved Entyvio (vedolizumab) as a drug treatment for Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, according to a DoctorsLounge report.
GI & Endoscopy
Medicine is entering the digital age and gastroenterology centers are just beginning to catch up. Some centers have an endoscopy report writer, but the platform has limited capabilities and doesn't meet meaningful use requirements. As a result, endoscopy centers and…
Endoscope reprocessing is an essential practice for gastroenterology-driven ambulatory surgery centers. Mary Ann Drosnock, MS, CIC, CFER, RM, Manager of Infection Control, and Jason Ashraf, MBA, CDS Product Manager II, both of Olympus, share three of the most exciting advances…
Gastroenterology of Southern Indiana, based in New Albany, will participate in Mayo Clinic's national trial focused on improving colorectal cancer detection, according to a News and Tribune report.
Despite the outcry over cost of procedures such as colonoscopy, GI reimbursement has suffered harsh cuts in recent years. The presidents of the American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association and American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy met May 22 with…
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Independence (Mo.) ASC and Consultants in Gastroenterology are celebrating 20 years of providing GI care.
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The National Colorectal Roundtable is heading the push for the "80 by 2018" initiative, which aims to raise the national colorectal cancer screening rate to 80 percent by 2018. Three gastroenterologists and three colorectal surgeons discuss what physicians in the…
Mitchell Cohen, MD, has been elected the physician-in-chief of Children's Alabama and named chair of the pediatrics department of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine.
Brian Bosworth, MD, has been elected president of the New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Here are five things to know about Dr. Bosworth and the NYSGE.