Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health said Oct. 1 it has renamed its hospital in Brick, N.J., to recognize its role as a teaching hospital.

The Kansas City, Mo.-based health system formerly known as Truman Medical Centers/University Health will now be known as only the latter portion of its name, according to The Kansas City Star.

The number of people in the U.S. getting newly vaccinated against COVID-19 each day is at the lowest it's been since the CDC began tracking the data in January — but only 55.5 percent of the country's population is fully vaccinated. 

Here's a list of hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking marketing leaders.

Fond du Lac, Wis.-based Agnesian HealthCare released name changes and new logos to reflect its new brand under a merger with St. Louis-based SSM Health.

By the time they land a C-suite role, hospital marketing executives have usually deployed dozens of campaigns, each with different focuses. Below, 12 of these executives share the campaign they've been most proud of in the past 10 years.

Below are five COVID-19 vaccine promotion campaigns launched by healthcare groups, hospitals and advertising agencies.

Hospitals can get up to 100 times more website traffic if they have robust online health libraries, according to a Boston Digital report.

The CDC unveiled a new Vaccine Resource Hub on Sept. 28 to provide access to hundreds of resources and marketing materials about COVID-19 and flu vaccines.

Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health System will drop "System" from its name Oct. 1, as well as go through a series of other changes to reflect its new brand, according to The State Journal-Register.

Vaccine hesitancy and resistance can stem from a variety of factors, so it's critical that healthcare communication professionals appeal to the concerns of specific populations when promoting COVID-19 vaccines. What works in one state could be ineffective in another, according to a Sept. 25 Bloomberg report.

Below are five hospitals that have announced name changes or other rebranding efforts since Sept. 7.

Charlotte, N.C.-based advertising agency BooneOakley invented the fictional "Wilmore Funeral Home" to warn people what could happen if they remain unvaccinated against COVID-19. The strategy is bold, but marketing and health experts are split on whether it's effective.

As the pandemic evolves, so do the messages healthcare communication professionals need to communicate. Below are the six messages that will define the pandemic's second winter, according to a Sept. 20 report from The Atlantic.

Prominent brands have been advertising on websites dedicated to COVID-19 misinformation throughout the pandemic — often unknowingly because of the opaque design of the digital advertising market, according to a report released Sept. 18 by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

An individual's comfort level with taking risks — which is shaped by genetics and early life experiences — affects the extent to which they exercise COVID-19 precautions more than politics or geography, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 19.

Anti-vaccine social media users have been spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines throughout the pandemic. Ivermectin has now become a prevalent part of anti-vaccine Americans' discourse, as many think the drug is a censored COVID-19 cure, according to a Sept. 19 NPR report.

It's important that job seekers use keywords to distinguish themselves from other applicants during their job hunt. That's why some job seekers are making sure employers know they're vaccinated against COVID-19 by mentioning it in their resumes and LinkedIn profiles, MarketWatch reported ​​Sept. 16.

A $100 COVID-19 vaccine referral program has facilitated more than 20,000 vaccinations in New York City since June.

Selfies that social media users upload after getting vaccinated against COVID-19 could be an effective tool to spread the message that vaccines are safe and effective, according to research published recently in Psychology & Health.