Strategy

Mastercard launched new products aimed at helping healthcare providers and insurers with billing processes and data protection, the company said Oct. 27.

Amazon has acquired a medical technology startup to help power Amazon Care, a primary care program launched in September at the company's Seattle headquarters.

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee changed its name to Children's Wisconsin Oct. 21.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System halted a plan to expand its rape crisis services after the hospital's CEO Kevin Spiegel left the organization in September.

Amazon can grow its revenue by $72 billion by targeting three areas in its expansion into healthcare, Loop Capital Markets analyst Anthony Chukumba told CNBC: 

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.