Marion Davis
Policy journal focuses on reform
BETHESDA, Md. – Leading Republican and Democratic pollsters contributing to the latest issue of Health Affairs, The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere, agree...
Senate votes to create marijuana dispensaries
PROVIDENCE – The state Senate voted 29 to 6 last week to allow the creation of nonprofit dispensaries, to be known as “compassion centers,”...
Roger Williams, St. Joseph pursue affiliation
PROVIDENCE - St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island and Roger Williams Medical Center today announced that they have signed a “memorandum of understanding”...
St. Anne’s nurses find time for direct patient care
A decade ago, when Doreen Williams was still a practicing nurse, things weren’t like this. Nurses, she says, actually spent most of their time...
Rx for fitness: Community, teams, individual goals
You want results? How’s this:
• A combined 29,913.2 pounds lost (15 tons)
• 336,351.3 hours of exercise (38 years)
• 5,344,121,396 steps taken, as logged by...
United to provide in-network coverage for VA
MINNEAPOLIS – A national agreement between UnitedHealthcare and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs has extended in-network coverage to veterans covered by United commercial...
CMS seeks tighter Medicare marketing standards
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week proposed a new regulation that would tighten the marketing standards for Medicare...
W&I cancer program re-approved, commended
PROVIDENCE – Women & Infants Hospital’s cancer program has earned a three-year approval with commendation, the highest level of approval available, from The American...
R.I. Hospital expands mammogram services
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital has added a new screening center within its Anne C. Pappas Center for Breast Imaging to meet increasing demand...
Caritas Christi CEO builds management team
BOSTON – Caritas Christi Health Care, the Catholic health care system that includes Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, last week announced the first...
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