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Here are 10 hospitals that recently announced or developed surgery centers, according to various news reports.

An amendment has been added to an Iowa spending bill that would allow ophthalmologist Lee Birchansky, MD, ABES, to operate a surgery center in Cedar Rapids, according to a Des Moines Register report.

Erie (Pa.) Shriners Hospital for Children has become an ambulatory surgery center and outpatient center, according to an Erie Times-News report.

Here are 10 hospitals that recently announced or developed surgery centers, according to various news reports.

Contractors building a new surgery center for East Texas Medical Center-Crockett are projecting a November completion date for the project, according to an East Texas News report.

Following the passage of House Bill 1 last week, some pain physicians are questioning the necessity and logistics behind the bill's requirement that physicians consult the state's online drug database, KASPER, prior to prescribing pain medication to a patient, according…

A new drug developed by Tel Aviv University researchers has been licensed by pharmaceutical company BioLineRx and offers a new treatment option to patients with neuropathic pain.

Rush-Copley Sports Medicine opened today in Aurora, Ill., according to a Sun Times report.

James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., will perform unlar collateral ligament repair on New York Mets pitcher Mike Pelfrey, according to a New Jersey Online report.

The American Hospital Association has expressed concern over elements of the proposed rule for Stage 2 meaningful use, stating the rules "would stand in the way of a successful program to support widespread adoption by all hospitals."