A high-definition colonoscope costs somewhere between $30,000 and $40,000. A single gastroscope or duodenoscope can run higher. Most endoscopy departments carry a fleet of eight to twenty (or more) scopes […]

Every endoscopy suite has a rhythm. Patients arrive anxious and uncertain. Equipment must be precisely prepared. Sedation is administered, scopes are guided, vitals are monitored, and through it all, a […]

If you manage or support an endoscopy department, you’ve almost certainly encountered the terms DICOM and PACS. They appear in vendor spec sheets, IT planning meetings, and integration requirements, and […]

For endoscopy department managers and clinical leaders, few phrases generate as much anxiety as “upcoming audit.” Whether it’s a Joint Commission survey, a state health department inspection, or an internal […]

Managing your own endoscope inventory is challenging enough. Add loaner scopes to the mix—equipment that moves between facilities, belongs to vendors or other hospitals, and may not appear in your […]

Somewhere in every GI practice, there’s a conference room where this conversation happens. The current endoscopy software is aging out. Maybe the vendor stopped supporting it, maybe it never integrated […]

Healthcare facilities performing endoscopic procedures face stringent infection prevention requirements following multiple documented outbreaks linked to inadequate scope reprocessing. Understanding current regulatory expectations and implementing effective compliance programs requires evidence-based […]

Your endoscopy expansion project started at $200,000 for new rooms and clinical equipment. Then IT presented their technology requirements: capture devices, workstations, and video processors for 12 procedure rooms across […]

It is not uncommon for IT directors to discover the full extent of their endoscopy vendor landscape only when something breaks. The image capture system from one company stops talking […]

Choosing endoscopy software for a multi-hospital health system is more complicated than it appears. The decision affects Epic integration quality, compliance tracking, equipment flexibility, and costs across dozens of locations […]