Amazon is aiming to control healthcare spending by paying to send employees to California to receive cancer care, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Quicken Loans opened a concierge health and well-being center for employees Oct. 15 through a partnership with Premise Health, a direct healthcare provider based in Brentwood, Tenn.

On. Oct. 4, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare launched Tenet Health Central Coast, a single name and brand for two acute care hospitals and its affiliated healthcare entities.

Only 16 percent of acute care providers report sharing all patient data with other care facilities, meaning key elements critical to care coordination are often missing from interfacility exchanges, according to a recent study by PointClickCare.

Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua unveiled its new brand, including a new brand strategy and logo Oct. 7.

Healthcare is a technologically sophisticated industry where robots are used to conduct surgery and telecommunications allow physicians to treat patients remotely from hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away. However, it's also an industry in which many organizations still rely on fax machines for certain communications. 

Wilmington, Del.-based Christiana Care System, the largest health system in the state, has adopted a new name: ChristianaCare.

Health systems across the U.S. are looking for ways to improve the overall health of the communities they serve while cutting costs. One emerging trend to reconcile these seemingly competing goals is investing in primary care and express care sites.

Walmart is testing new healthcare benefits and expanding a few existing programs for its employees in 2020 in an effort to cut its healthcare costs.

Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health unveiled a new solution for employers to help their employees better understand healthcare costs.

Oceanside, N.Y.-based South Nassau Communities Hospital has been renamed Mount Sinai South Nassau, effective immediately, more than nine months after finalizing its partnership with the New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System.

Walmart's Sam's Club is teaming up with healthcare companies to offer members bundles of healthcare services ranging from $50 to $240 per year.

As Walmart pushes deeper into healthcare, the retail giant is rolling out education benefit programs to help its employees prepare for new jobs.

Boston-based Partners HealthCare is seeking input from employees to develop a new name that better reflects its academic medical centers, according to the Boston Business Journal.

Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg, S.C., changed up its nursing leadership structure, which affects 44 of the 66 nurses in administrative roles, according to The Times and Democrat.

Becker's Hospital Review hosts regular advisory calls with several health system CEOs. The following challenges were raised during the most recent conversation.

Today, health system executives are increasingly challenged to control expenses while also growing revenue in a highly competitive market. In this dynamic environment, how can health systems thrive as businesses while also staying true to their organization’s overall mission of advancing the health of patients and communities?

Walmart's plan to open comprehensive and low-cost primary health clinics in Georgia is just the beginning of its healthcare push, the retail giant's health and wellness chief told Business Insider.

The annual ritual of open enrollment will soon begin for many hospitals' human resources (HR) departments across the country.

Walmart will give patients access to comprehensive and low-cost primary care at a clinic slated to open next month in Georgia, according to CNBC.