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How patients experience financial-related encounters at hospitals may be as important to their overall perceived experience as clinical quality, especially as patients take on more financial responsibility for the healthcare services they receive.

Health systems and hospitals across the country are rebranding to reflect their coordination of care, growth in services and consistent quality. Changing a hospital's or health system's brand is a delicate maneuver, however; choosing a brand that does not align…

Texas had the highest percentage of uninsured persons of any state in the United States between 2009 and 2011, according to 2012's Health, United States, an annual report on trends in health statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control…

Catholic Health Services of Long Island in Rockville Center, N.Y., announced that it has presented its Living the Mission Award to Felix Pabon-Ramirez, assistant vice president of client services and continuing care at CHS' department of information technology.

Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas announced that its CEO, Kimball Anderson, was appointed to the American College of Healthcare Executives as the interim regent representing the state of Nevada.

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network, an integrated healthcare delivery system operated by health insurer Highmark, has launched a new brand identity, including an advertising campaign and a new logo.

Yesterday the Alabama State Board of Education elected Charles Elliot, MD, as their vice president. 

iMDsoft announced recently that the FDA has listed myAnesthesia as a class one medical device.

A report in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal brings attention to a growing trend in the business world: using the company health clinic as a substitute for primary care.   

A Senate Appropriations subcommittee approved a bill that provides $164.3 billion of discretionary funding for fiscal year 2014 for the departments of Labor, HHS and Education.