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Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan., officially broke ground on its $20 million surgery center on Monday, according to a Morning Sun report.

Duke University Health System temporarily restricted patient visits to its hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers over the Christmas break due to a rise in influenza infections, according to a Herald Sun report.

Here are three predictions about ICD-10 in the coming year from Edifecs' Senior Director of Product Management Ryan McDermitt, according to PhysBizTech.

HealthEast Care System in St. Paul, Minn., will spend $135 million to build an electronic medical record system, according to Healthcare IT News.

A new study released on pediatric emergency medicine looked at the correlation between ethnicities and pain scores for bone fractures, according to Equities.

The FDA issued a Class 1 recall for Ventlab's adult and pediatric manual resuscitator, according to The Legal Examiner.

Vincent M. Santoro, MD, has joined the KneeFootAnkle Center of Kirkland effective Jan. 1, 2014, according to a report from the Bellevue Reporter.

Aspen Valley Hospital has acquired the MAKOplasty robotic system for partial knee and hip replacements, according to a report from the Aspen Times.

The Advanced Medical Technology Association has announced the results of a member survey on the impact of the medical device tax, according to a news release.

GE Healthcare has announced it is initiating a voluntary worldwide field correction of the T-piece circuit used with the company's Giraffe and Panda resuscitation units, according to a news release.