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Harvard Business School has launched a new executive education program aimed at improving worldwide healthcare delivery.

Civista Medical Center in La Plata, Md., will change its name to University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center to reflect its affiliation with Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System, its community ties and its growth across the region, according…

Mecosta County Medical Center in Big Rapids, Mich., will change its name to Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital after it merges with Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health this summer, according to an MLive report.

Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kan., is scheduled to open a cardiac catheterization lab on June 3, according to an Emporia Gazette report.

Feliciano Jiron has served as CEO of Los Alamos (N.M.) Medical Center since Oct. 24, 2011.

Healthcare is one of the country's most heavily regulated industries, one also driven by diagnoses, evidence and clinical expertise. Yet, despite this objectivity, one three-letter acronym has caused quite a divide among healthcare policy experts, physicians, health systems and payors.

Spectrum Health Zeeland (Mich.) Community Hospital is a non-profit, acute-care hospital and part of Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health.  

American Hospital Association Executive Vice President Richard Pollack wrote CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner calling for details regarding health insurance exchange "navigators," who are intended to recruit and assist individuals in enrolling on the exchanges to purchase health insurance.

Masimo's Rainbow Acoustic Monitoring sensor, RAS-125 Acoustic Respiration Cloth Sensor, was granted FDA 510(k) clearance for monitoring pediatric patients.

Paul Levy, former CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, has just released his latest book, "How a Blog Held Off the Most Powerful Union in America," which discusses how he and other leaders at Beth Israel used…