PENTAX Medical Blog

Delivering High Quality Across the Continuum of Care

Patients have an expectation that they will receive high quality and safe healthcare services across the continuum of care, both in inpatient and outpatient settings. Much of healthcare quality as a science is built on the sound principles of patient..

Why Gastroenterologists Should Use Alternative Payment Methods Over Fee-For-Service Models

A blog featured in Becker’s ASC (March 23, 2016) entitled “Considering alternative payment models in GI: 6 takeaways” inspired the PENTAX Medical team to further explore this topic. The following blog is a more in-depth summary of the original article..

EUS to Replace ERCP in the Diagnosis and Management of Pancreatobiliary Conditions

EUS and ERCP are two common techniques used to diagnose and treat several pancreatobiliary conditions, such as hepatic malignancies, pancreatic cancer, chronic pancreatitis/pancreatic pseudocysts, and biliary strictures and stones. The following blog..

The Tortoise and the Hare: Winning the Race Against Head and Neck Cancers

This article was created with contributions from an accredited otolaryngologist.

For many circumstances in life conventional wisdom tells us that, as with the tale of the tortoise and the hare, slow and steady wins the race. As we enter the business..

What can we do to prevent infections?

Journal Article Abstract: Rutala, W.A., and D.J. Weber. 2015. What can we do to prevent infections? Infect. Cont. and Hosp. Epidemiol. 36(6):643-648.

Dr. William Rutala and Dr. David Weber, two very prominent and respected researchers and authors in..