Two gastroenterologists share how they are working to increase patient volume.
GI & Endoscopy
Pediatric gastroenterologist Edwin Simpser, MD, has been named president and CEO of St. Mary's Hospital for Children in Bayside, N.Y., according to a Queens Chronicle report.
Vijay Singh, MBBS, a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, has developed a device for the treatment of acute pancreatitis, according to a News Medical report.
In a recent study published in the journal Gut, researchers compared insufflation rates using air and carbon dioxide. The study was designed to determine whether or not carbon dioxide increases the total enteroscopy rate and intubation rate of single-balloon enteroscopy.
This is a response to the recent article "GI Centers of the Future: Forecasting Colonoscopy Demand, Value-Added Services."
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More than 20 million gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures are performed each year in the United States. According to the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), the risk of infection due to one of these procedures is approximately one in 1.8 million.
The Scotland County Hospital Surgery Center in Memphis, Mo., has acquired the Pentax i-Scan Image Enhancement, flexible endoscopy imaging technology, according to a Heartland Connection report.
Non-foodborne gastroenteritis affected 135 million people in the United States in 1998, while foodborne illness affected 76 million people. Here are four statistics on the care and morality associated with gastrointestinal infections, according to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse…
Improving care and lowering costs in the medical field are of the utmost importance. "Quality improvement initiatives are essential in every aspect of healthcare delivery because we will never be as good as we can be without additional monitoring and…
David Johnson, MD, chief of gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, discussed diverticulosis and diverticulitis and debunked four associated myths in a recent Medscape report.