La Peer Health Systems, an outpatient surgery center in Beverly Hill, Calif., has announced the launch of its Barrett's Esophagus Center of Excellence in Los Angeles.
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Mayo Clinic has opened a clinic for the treatment of C. difficile infections at its Rochester, Minn., campus, according to a News Medical report.
The Abbott Real Time HCV Genotype II test, the first genotyping test for hepatitis C patients, has received FDA approval, according to a Medscape report.
International Surgery, the official journal of the International College of Surgeons, has appointed Rajiv Datta, MD, surgical oncologist, to its editorial board, according to a NewsLI.com report.
Bergen Gastroenterology and Bergen Medical Associates recently opened a new office location in Northvale, N.J., according to a NorthJersey.com report.
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Clemenceau Medical Center, based in Beirut, and Johns Hopkins Medicine International held a gastroenterology symposium with a focus on inflammatory bowel disease and integrative medicine, according to a smeinfo.com report.
Polyclinic Surgery Center in Seattle has selected ProVation Medical software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.
The endoscopy device market, valued at $6.2 billion in 2011, is expected to grow to be worth $10.8 billion dollars by 2017, according to a Transparency Market Research report.
A study recently published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons found that that the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program provided more accurate data tracking than the University HealthSystem Consortium for 30-day hospital readmissions…
Here are 12 statistics on gastroenterology and endoscopy revenue per case in ambulatory surgery centers by geographic location, according to the VMG Health's Intellimaker ASC Benchmarking Survey 2011.