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MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island, Ill., is an acute-care hospital.

Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah, is establishing an in-house cancer genomic program, according to a KUTV report.

Christina Severin has been named president and CEO of Westwood, Mass.-based Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization, an accountable care organization, effective in late June.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., and West Tennessee Healthcare in Jackson have announced an expanded affiliation for new cancer programs in the region.

Exempla Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, Colo., is a non-profit, acute-care hospital.

Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Ill., is an acute-care hospital.

Gainesville, Fla.-based UF&Shands announced it changed its name to University of Florida Health to reflect its relationship with the University of Florida as an academic medical center.

Vanguard Health Chicago, subsidiary of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems, will change its name to UnityHealth by the end of June, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.

Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Ga., is a non-profit, acute-care hospital serving more than 700,000 people in northern Georgia.     

Here is a list of 12 hospitals and health systems that in the past month have changed or announced plans to change their name, brand or both, beginning with the most recent announcement.