This is a response to the recent article "GI Centers of the Future: Forecasting Colonoscopy Demand, Value-Added Services."
GI & Endoscopy
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…
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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.
Accountable care organizations have been met with mixed reviews, but regardless of perception alternative patient care and payment models are gaining traction. Is gastroenterologist participation in ACOs on the rise?
Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital opened its Center for Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery in March, according to a Montgomery Media report.
Here are seven proposed quality indicators for endoscopic ultrasonography, according to an article published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Recalcitrant C. difficile infections are a large concern in healthcare. When faced with the failure of conventional treatments many physicians are turning to fecal microbiota transplantation.