Company gets new name after protests by Hawaiians

Published July 16, 2014 8:26pm ET



HONOLULU (AP) — A company aiming to provide easier access to sexually transmitted disease test results and other medical records announced a new name on Wednesday after facing protests by Native Hawaiians for using the word hula.

The Los Angeles-based company will now be called Healthvana Inc., founder and CEO Ramin Bastani said.

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