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Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Ill., has announced the opening of a new ambulatory surgery clinic on its campus, according to a report from the Rockland County Times.

The Woodlands, Texas-based Victory Healthcare announced the opening of Victory Medical Center Craig Ranch, a physician owned hospital in McKinney, Texas.

iMDsoft, a provider of Anesthesia Information Management Systems, announced that St. Louis Children's Hospital has implemented its product — MetaVision.

Here are 11 pediatric openings and expansions that have occurred or been announced in the past month, starting with the most recent. 

Los Alamitos (Calif.) Medical Center announced that it has started construction on a three-story medical office building, according to an Orange County Breeze report.

Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt., announced that the Green Mountain Care Board, the state board that regulates hospital budgets and major capital expenditures, has approved its plans for a new inpatient building.

Orange City-based Florida Hospital Fish Memorial has announced plans to purchase land in Deltona, Fla. for an $11 million urgent care center, according to a report from The Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Morehead City, N.C.-based Carteret General Hospital has received the go-ahead from the state's Department of Health and Human Services for a $53 million expansion plan, according to a repot from the Carteret County News-Times.

Cincinnati-based Mercy Health Partners announced that plans are on schedule for the opening of Green Township, Ohio-based West Hospital in October, according to a Cincinnati.com report.

The American Society for Anesthesiologists endorses the Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2013 — legislation that aims at reforming the current Medicare rural anesthesia incentive program to include physician anesthesiologists.