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The Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology named Eydie Miller-Ellis, MD, its 24th president, according to a report by The Philadelphia Tribune.

Finger Lakes Surgery Center in Geneva, N.Y., is offering facility tours on March 7 to pediatric patients, according to a Daily Messenger report.

A nonprofit organization, Surgery on Sunday, has provided outpatient surgical procedures for those in need, according to Kentucky Kernel.

California proposed a new bill that would mandate physicians on probation to divulge their offenses to patients, according to The Sacramento Bee. Sen. Jerry Hill (D- San Mateo) proposed the bill.

Should physicians be prosecuted for drug overdose deaths? Alan G. Santos, chief executive of Avantha Solutions, considers the question on The New York Times opinion page.

Here are five states with the highest concentration of jobs for physicians, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

On Feb. 12, a nine-year old patient died after undergoing an outpatient tonsillectomy at Milwaukee-based Children's Hospital, according to Fox 6 Now.

The Health Resources and Services Administration plans to offer $4.2 million worth of federal grant money for the Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program, according to American Academy of Family Physicians.

Health IT encourages the trend toward healthcare consumerism, according to The Tennessean.

A study published in the journal Ophthalmology estimates half of the world's population will be short-sighted by 2050, as reported by SBS.