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The average surgery center performed 3,695 cases in 2008. The total number of surgery centers in the U.S. was 5,876. Here is the breakdown, by percentage, of surgery centers by their total annual case volume, according to SDI.

As healthcare costs rise and healthcare reform gets underway, more medical schools are grappling with how to incorporate teaching the financial side of practicing medicine into their curriculum, according to a report in The New York Times.

The Department of Health and Human Services launched its data breach information website in February and has since received 64 reported incidences, affecting over 1 million people, according to a report in American Medical News.

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