Here are 10 recent articles posted by Becker's Hospital Review that concern payer-provider relationships:

A recent article from ECG Management Consultants reviews 11 lessons important to know from advising on independent hospital partnerships. 

The Virginia Department of Health has seen an unusual increase in respiratory illnesses this summer, according to ABC affiliate 13News Now.

Kansas health officials are implementing new school vaccination requirements to help protect the public from disease outbreaks, reports CBS affiliate KWCH.

Music can be an effective tool for reducing anxiety in patients before receiving anesthesia, on par with using sedatives, according to a study published in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.

Educating hospital cleaning staff, focusing on knowledge gaps, challenges and barriers, can lead to fewer Clostridium difficile infections, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

Lisa Allen, PhD, chief patient experience officer of Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine, discusses key strategies for engaging patients and their families, finding the time to train providers and the organization's patient experience improvement goals.

Vaccine-preventable diseases can have debilitating effects such as deafness and blindness, and survivors of these illnesses have shared their stories with The Chicago Tribune amidst one of the worst measles outbreaks in decades.

Fear, trust in the government, and perceived likelihood of exposure are the three leading predictors of Americans' willingness to receive Ebola vaccinations, according to a study published July 17 in Heliyon and reported by News Medical.

Chambersburg (Penn.) Hospital locked down its emergency room July 17 after at least eight people receiving treatment for fights began fighting again at the hospital, according to WPMT FOX-43.