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Health Care News Briefs 214 results total, viewing 1 - 20 Women & Infants offers ‘financial health’ classes March 13, 2010 PROVIDENCE – Women & Infants Hospital is offering a free class for new parents, sponsored by Domestic Bank, to help them adjust to the financial challenges of raising a family. more Research explains how body repairs itself March 13, 2010 PROVIDENCE – Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have discovered a mechanism that injured and stressed cells use to transmit protein and genetic information to other cells so they can help the body to repair itself. more RIPIN hosts special health needs conference March 13, 2010 PROVIDENCE – A full-day event March 18 at the R.I. Convention Center will focus on “best practices” in caring for children, youth and adults with special health care needs, with content geared to families, individuals and professionals. more Bradley, Hasbro to build U.S. IBD registry March 13, 2010 PROVIDENCE – Researchers with Hasbro Children’s Hospital and the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center have won a $500,000 National Institutes of Health grant to develop the first U.S. multicenter behavioral health registry for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). more Clinical-trial firm opens in Fall River March 13, 2010 FALL RIVER – A medical-research company specializing in pharmaceutical clinical trials has opened its doors in the New Boston Road Medical Center, led nurse practitioner Elizabeth Donaghey. more URI, Bradley team on kids’ mental health M.S. March 13, 2010 EAST PROVIDENCE – Bradley Hospital and the University of Rhode Island are collaborating on a new master’s degree program to train advanced-practice nurses in child and adolescent mental health, a field in which there is currently a shortage. more Event to look at needs of deaf children Feb 13, 2010 WARWICK – Women & Infants Hospital, the R.I. Department of Health and the Rhode Island Hearing Assessment Program are co-hosting a daylong seminar on March 29 on “Creating positive environments for children with hearing loss.” more Hospital offering $1K for clinical education Feb 13, 2010 SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The South County Hospital Auxiliary is seeking applications for a $1,000 scholarship to support a Washington County resident who is studying or getting job training in a clinical health care field and needs financial aid. The deadline is March 1. more RIBGH to examine health-premium cost drivers Feb 13, 2010 PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Business Group on Health is sponsoring a discussion Feb. 25 of factors driving health care costs and of possible state-level reforms that could make a difference. more Mental-health parity added to insurance regs Feb 13, 2010 WASHINGTON – Three federal agencies have adopted interim regulations to implement the 2008 federal mental-health parity law, which requires employer-sponsored health plans to cover addiction and mental illness like other health conditions. more Study: Docs fail to tackle cultural barriers Feb 13, 2010 WASHINGTON – Even though nearly half of U.S. physicians say language or cultural barriers can hinder their ability to provide high-quality care, efforts to overcome those barriers are limited, says a new study by the Center for Studying Health System Change. more Koller seeking input on rate-hike requests Feb 13, 2010 CRANSTON – Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller is seeking public input on rate-hike requests filed by the state’s three commercial health insurers: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, UnitedHealthcare of New England and Tufts Health Plan. more Kent facility designated as ‘center of excellence’ Jan 16, 2010 WARWICK – Kent Hospital has been designated as a breast imaging “center of excellence” by the American College of Radiology, after gaining accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound and ultrasound-guided breast biopsy. more RIH, Miriam doctor to lead mental-health team Jan 16, 2010 PROVIDENCE – The psychiatrist-in-chief at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital, Dr. Richard J. Goldberg, has been named to a committee within the National Quality Forum charged with refining standards for mental-health outcomes across the country. more Women & Infants hires Boston hospital exec Jan 16, 2010 PROVIDENCE – Women & Infants Hospital has hired Mark R. Marcantano, a senior executive at Children’s Hospital in Boston and a veteran of academic medicine, as executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective Jan. 13. more Ingenix offering loans to help doctors adopt EMRs Jan 16, 2010 EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – Aiming to encourage doctors to adopt electronic medical records, Ingenix is offering a new package that includes interest-free financing, IT services and performance guarantees to doctors who sign up to use the Ingenix CareTracker EMR. more R.I. gives nursing homes H1N1 shots for residents Jan 16, 2010 PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health is stepping up efforts to make H1N1 vaccine available to nursing home residents across the state, with the first doses sent last week to early enrollees in the program, and more to arrive this week. more CSI-RI participants to share experiences at Jan. 29 forum Jan 16, 2010 CRANSTON – The Rhode Island Chronic Care Sustainability Initiative (CSI-RI), a collaborative effort to remodel local primary care practices as “patient-centered medical homes,” is hosting a forum Jan. 29 to share its experiences and discuss the future. more URI researchers receive $12.3M in stimulus funds Dec 19, 2009 KINGSTON – The University of Rhode Island has been awarded 30 research grants totaling $12.3 million from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, all funded with stimulus dollars through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. more Brown professors earn neuroscience grants Dec 19, 2009 PROVIDENCE – Two Brown University researchers have won five-year federal grants for neuroscience projects focused on brain development in infancy and early childhood, and on markers that could help identify bipolar disorder in children. more Page 1 / 11 Next > Last >>