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Five Questions With: Christina Pitney
Christina Pitney, senior vice president for government programs at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, discusses the insurer’s 5-Star Medicare plans, including...
Ortho RI: Surgeon first in U.S. to use new shoulder replacement...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – An Ortho Rhode Island orthopedic surgeon is the first in the United States to perform a reverse shoulder replacement with the...
R.I. Department of Health to receive nearly $2M FEMA grant
PROVIDENCE – Nearly $2 million in costs racked up by the R.I. Department of Health’s COVID-19 data analysis last year will be reimbursed by...
Brown University student investigates noise pollution impacts on kids’ health
PROVIDENCE – A Brown University School of Public Health Ph.D. candidate is hoping to capture Rhode Island’s soundscape and its potential effects on children’s...
Pharmacy opens at Wood River Health Services
HOPKINTON – Patients at Wood River Health Services in the village of Hope Valley can now get prescriptions filled on-site at a new pharmacy...
Five Questions With: Dr. Vijairam Selvaraj
Dr. Vijairam Selvaraj, a hospitalist at The Miriam Hospital, is senior editor of the Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine, an online publication launched in April. The...
RIDOH urges eligible Rhode Islanders to join monkeypox vaccine notification list
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health continues to remind people who are eligible for the monkeypox vaccine to sign up for its monkeypox...
New R.I. law requires coverage for minimally invasive uterine fibroid treatment
PROVIDENCE – A new law signed this month by Gov. Daniel J. McKee will provide health care coverage for a minimally invasive uterine fibroid...
The Miriam’s annual gala to raise funds for lung cancer program
PROVIDENCE – Guests at The Miriam Hospital’s annual fundraiser will have the chance to contribute to the creation of an advanced diagnostic lung cancer...
Dimeo Construction to manage $28M W&I labor and delivery center
PROVIDENCE – Construction on the new labor and delivery center and Women’s Health Research Institute at Women & Infants Hospital is expected to begin...