The U.S. and European endoscope markets will see a 6.5 percent average annual growth through 2015, due mainly to strong sales of large GI endoscopes, according to a Millennium Research Group news release.
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A new study has found that the Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch procedure reduces significantly more weight than other bariatric procedures but remains riskier, according to an Annals of Internal Medicine report.
Participation by experienced endoscopy nurses increases the detection rate of colon polyps in a screening colonoscopy, according to a Gastrointestinal Endoscopy report.
University of North Carolina researchers found several interventions, including "strict enforcement of hand hygiene," can reduce infections and mortality while improving costs, according to a UNC release.
A new Missouri law makes it possible for patients to view various information on a physician, including whether a physician was subject to disciplinary action by the state medical board, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.
Around 50 healthcare advocacy groups across the country are asking Congress to require hospital accreditation surveys to be made publicly available, according to a Herald-Leader report.
Members of the New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers will "train in" to Washington, D.C., on Sept. 14 to show their support for the ASC Quality and Access Act of 2011, according to a news release from NJAASC.
The following article is written by Michael Orseno, revenue cycle director for Regent Surgical Health. Proper billing and coding will help keep an ambulatory surgery center's days outstanding down. Here are a few tips to keep your business office efficient…
State regulators have denied a certificate of need application by Cone Health to add a new ambulatory surgery center to its MedCenter High Point (N.C.) facility, according to a Business Journal report.
Gramercy Surgery Center in New York has purchased a building in Flushing, N.Y., with plans to use it as a second ambulatory surgery center, according to a CoStar Group report.