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The Rhode Island Business Group on Health is encouraging Rhode Island employers to participate in its inaugural Healthy Weight Challenge, a friendly competition to businesses to reap the rewards associated with a healthy workforce.
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Kent Hospital will host an open house for high school and middle school students interested in pursuing a career in health care on Tuesday, April 9, from 4-7 p.m. in the hospital’s Doctors’ Auditorium. Parents, teachers and other interested individuals are encouraged to attend, hospital officials said.
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Newly released findings from Bradley Hospital published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry have found that autism spectrum disorders affect the brain activity of children and adults differently.
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With just nine months before many of the Affordable Care Act’s new regulations, taxes, tax credits and penalties go into effect – as well as the startup of the R.I. Health Benefits Exchange on Jan. 1, 2014, businesses across Rhode Island are trying to calculate future costs when it comes to offering health insurance to employees.
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By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 3/25/13 |
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CharterCARE president and CEO what a new venture with Prospect Medical Holding will mean for Rhode Island.
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New research has shown that women reaching the age of 40 need to be vigilant about contraception, according to an article recently published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
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Westerly Hospital has received ISO 9001:2008 certification by DNV, a leading accreditor of U.S. hospitals that integrates ISO 9001 quality compliance with Medicare conditions of participation.
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Costal Medical announced that it has created a new accountable care organization, or ACO, to enable primary care doctors to better manage patient health care and achieve lower costs and higher-quality outcomes.
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When the Rhode Island health-benefits exchange becomes operational on Oct. 1, companies with fewer than 50 employees will be able to use it to offer health insurance to their workers. But those with between 50 and 99 employees will not be able to do so.
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4/1/13
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The opening of a new stem cell research laboratory on the fifth floor of Lifespan’s Coro Building in the Knowledge District affirms the city’s place as a budding academic clinical-research hub, according to Dr. Peter Quesenberry, director of hematology oncology at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital.
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By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 4/1/13 |