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Despite a maturation over the last 10 years, the surgery center industry continues to change in interesting ways from year to year. Here are 10 findings from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011, when compared with similar data from 2010.

Rep. Edward Markey (D-Walden) of Massachusetts has asked HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to commission the Institute of Medicine to study and establish solutions to fight alarm fatigue, according to a Boston Globe report.

Elliot S. Krames, MD, and K. Dean Willis, MD, received the Lifetime Achievement Award and Distinguished Service Award, respectively, at the 15th annual North American Neuromodulation Society Meeting, according to a news release.

Polymerase chain reaction testing may be more clinically effective than chromogenic agar for MRSA screening, according to research published in BMC Infectious Diseases.

Thomas G. Sampson, MD, medical director of hip arthroscopy at the Post Street Surgery Center in San Francisco, was recently elected president of the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy, according to an AAOS Now report.

The CDC provides a free, downloadable poster identifying frequently asked questions about catheter-associated urinary tract infections.

Despite continued challenges to the surgery center industry in the form of decreased reimbursement and increased regulatory burden, 2011 was not without its share of successes. Here are four regulatory accomplishments for the ASC industry in 2011.

The Eye Surgery Center of Michigan in Troy now performs bladeless cataract surgical procedures using the LenSx laser technology, according to a surgery center ews release.

Southeastern Regional Medical Center, based in Lumberton, N.C., has announced Lya C. Crichlow, MD, and Eric Velazquez, MD, have joined the Southeastern Surgical Center in Lumberton, according to a hospital news release.

The plastic surgery facility of Philip J. Straka, MD, FACS, in Houston has received accreditation from the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, according to a news release.