GI & Endoscopy

John I. Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF, assumed his role as president of the American Gastroenterological Association at the close of Digestive Disease Week in Chicago.

Here are 11 gastroenterology and endoscopy-driven ambulatory surgery centers, practice locations, research centers and training locations that have opened this year thus far.

Island Digestive Health Center has officially opened in West Islip, N.Y. Here are five things to know about the new endoscopy center and its partners.

Approximately 12.6 million nasogastric tubes were placed in 2012 in the United States, and of those tubes between 2 and 4 percent were incorrectly placed.

The ENDOEYE FLEX 3D from Olympus was displayed at the Premier, Inc. 2014 Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition, according to an Insurance News Net report.

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…