A number of Banner Health-owned physician practices took on a new name as of Aug. 1.

Some Banner clinics have changed their names to Banner Health Clinic, plus the identification of a specialty, such as family medicine, pediatrics or general surgery. Details about which clinics were changing their names were not immediately available.

The purpose of the change is to reinforce the scope of services Banner provides to the community and the relationships between its medical clinics, other outpatient services and medical centers including McKee Medical Center in Loveland and North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, according to a statement by Banner.

The name change will also be reflected on patient medical bills and in new signage that will be installed at each facility over the next several months.