GI & Endoscopy

The American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology and American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy jointly created a safe surgery checklist to help GI-driven ambulatory surgery centers meet CMS requirements.

Here are 12 demographic statistics on all cases of digestive cancers in 2004, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases' Burden of Digestive Diseases in the United States report.

Parkridge Health System, based in Chattanooga, Tenn., has added gastroenterologist Camille Sommer, MD, to its medical staff, according to a report by The Chattanoogan.

C. difficile infections area top issues in infection control and gastroenterology. Two recent studies examined C. difficile epidemiology and sources of transmission, according to a Medscape report.

From 2010 to 2011, 67 percent of gastroenterologists reported that their compensation remained the same or increased, according to the Medscape Gastroenterologist Compensation Report: 2012. How has gastroenterologist compensation fluctuated between 2010 and 2012?

Ann Marie Stephenson, DO, MBA, a board-certified gastroenterologist, has joined Capital Digestive Care as the practice's 60th physician.

In a recent study published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, researchers analyzed call volume at an inflammatory bowel disease center to determine if call volume could help identify patients at risk of future emergency department visits or hospitalizations.

Jeffrey L. Ponsky will join Cleveland Clinic after stepping down as the chair of the department of surgery at University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University in June, according to a Cleveland Jewish News report.

At the beginning of February, Given Imaging announced that it received FDA clearance for PillCam COLON. William Katkov, MD, a gastroenterologist with Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., responds to the approval and takes a look at the…

The American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology and American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy recommend a repeat colonoscopy within 10 years of a screening colonoscopy in average risk patients, but little data on adherence or factors influencing adherence exists.