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64 GASTROENTEROLOGY United Digestive to exclusively use Fujifilm's devices at its 15 endoscopy centers By Patsy Newitt A tlanta-based United Digestive chose Fujifilm Medi- cal Systems, a leading provider of endoscopic imaging and endosurgical solutions, as its exclusive vendor of endoscopic products for its gastroenterologists. Fujifilm will provide services to United Digestive's 15 en- doscopy centers, according to a March 25 release. Fujifilm Medical Systems, a subsidiary of Fujifilm Health- care, offers a portfolio of 700 series advanced endoscopes and Eluxeo Imaging Systems. The collaboration comes after Fujifilm Medical Systems launched its artificial intel- ligence colon polyp device in September 2020. n $74M medical office building with ASC sold in Beverly Hills By Patsy Newitt L a Salle Investment Management acquired a Beverly Hills, Calif., medical office building with an ASC for $74.4 million. The five-story, 49,721-square-foot building includes a surgery center, full-service pharmacy, valet parking and a rooftop deck, according to a March 25 release. The building is anchored by Keck Medicine of USC and is near several hospitals, including Cedars-Sinai Hospital, UCLA Medical Center, St. John's Hospital and Olympia Medical Center. La Salle Investment purchased the building from UBS Realty Investors. Beverly Hills medical office properties have had single-digit vacancy numbers since 2002, the release said. n The top-rated GI ASCs in the country: Newsweek By Eric Oliver N ewsweek released its "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers 2021" list highlighting 400 centers across the 25 states with the most ASCs. Newsweek partnered with Statista to survey centers on quality of care, performance data and peer recommendations, and compared those centers against in-state competition. Here are the top-ranking gastroenterology ASCs along with their overall score and their rank in state: California United Gastrodiagnostics in Orange: 79.1 percent, 30th Southern California Medical Gastroenterolo- gy Group in Santa Monica: 78.2 percent, 35th Associated Gastroenterology Medical Group-Endoscopy Center in Anaheim: 76.9 percent, 49th South Bay Gastroenterology Endoscopy Center in Torrance: 74.9 percent, 78th Colorado Gastroenterology of the Rockies' Denver West Endoscopy Center in Lakewood: 75.3 percent, 7th Georgia Digestive Healthcare of Georgia in Atlanta: 77.7 percent, 4th Consultative Gastroenterology in Atlanta: 77.6 percent, 5th Atlanta Gastroenterology's Midtown Endos- copy: 75.6 percent, 7th Southern Crescent Endoscopy Suite in Stockbridge: 75.3 percent, 8th Atlanta Gastroenterology's Northern Cres- cent Endoscopy: 74.4 percent, 9th Illinois Illinois Gastroenterology Group's Northwest Endoscopy Center in Arlington Heights: 77.3 percent, 7th Illinois Gastroenterology Group's Elgin Gastroenterology Endoscopy Center: 77.2 percent, 8th Maryland Anne Arundel Gastroenterology Associates' AAMC Pavilion in Pasadena: 80.1 percent, 2nd New Jersey Gastroenterology Diagnostics of Northern New Jersey in Woodland Park: 76.6 percent, 23rd North Carolina Atrium Health's Carolinas Gastroenterology Center Medical Center Plaza in Charlotte: 80 percent, 4th Gastroenterology Associates of the Piedmont Salem in Winston-Salem: 78.2 percent, 7th East Carolina Gastroenterology Endoscopy Center: 75.7 percent, 17th Pennsylvania Penn Medicine's Penn Gastroenterology Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia: 77.2 percent, 10th Penn Medicine's Penn Gastroenterology in Radnor: 75.5 percent, 22nd South Carolina Columbia Gastroenterology Associates' Co- lumbia Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Center: 76.1 percent, 7th Texas Austin Gastroenterology's Endoscopy Center II: 79.1 percent, 12th Austin Gastroenterology's Endoscopy Center I: 78.5 percent, 18th Washington Gastro Health's Puget Sound Gastroenterol- ogy Kirkland, 79.9 percent, 5th Gastro Health's Puget Sound Gastroenterol- ogy Seattle-Northgate: 77.2 percent, 10th Gastro Health's Puget Sound Gastroenterol- ogy Edmonds: 76.2 percent, 12th n