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Kent Hospital CEO Crevier to retire

WARWICK – Mark E. Crevier, 57, intends to retire as president and CEO of Kent Hospital effective Oct. 15, hospital and Care New England...
Dr. James Schwartz, of Family Doctors of East Providence, is one of the principal partners of HealthAccessRI. The alliance currently has 21 doctors. /

Alliance makes primary care affordable, accessible

Dr. Lisa Denny and Dr. Andrea Arena worked in community health centers before going into private practice, and they’ve always believed health care should...
CLOWN TIME: Dr. Bounce and Nurse BB helped employee Beverly Freitas reduce stress at a recent Rhode Island Hospital/Hasbro Children’s Hospital Stress Less health fair, an event run by Lifespan for its workers. /

Stress, and its costs, can be controlled

Sometimes the problem is at home – a sick child or parent, financial troubles, marital strife. Sometimes it’s the workplace: a tough environment, overwhelming...
COMMIT TO QUIT, run by The Miriam Hospital, is part of a comprehensive study aimed at getting women to stop smoking. /

R.I. research builds hope for medical breakthroughs

It’s happening right in our back yard. At Brown University, at major local hospitals, in business and academic labs, and in private medical practices,...
AN EMPLOYEE AT The Miriam Hospital takes advantage of free health screenings and brief health counseling at the Stress Less health fair, an event aimed at helping workers cope with pressure. /

Easy does it in efforts to help workers ease stress

Few companies know the effects of stress as well as Lifespan and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island – two large...
THE HEALTHPACT PLANS unveiled last summer by R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller to help make health insurance more affordable for small businesses have attracted few subscribers, OHIC figures show. /

HealthPact initiative slow to catch on

It was one of R.I. Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher F. Koller’s most ambitious initiatives, almost two years in the making, designed to not only...
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PSO tracks hospitals’ near misses

When a patient in a hospital is accidentally injured or when a medical error causes serious complications or requires additional treatment, the hospital must...

Fitting Web sites into the palm of your hand

Web browsing on mobile phones can still be awkward. Most sites aren’t designed to be viewed on two-inch screens, and most users keep their...

Health-reform plan would affect all R.I. stakeholders

Lt. Gov. Elizabeth H. Roberts is proposing a comprehensive health care reform package that would expand insurance coverage while containing growth in related costs....

Doctors trading in stuffed patient folders for EMRs

When your doctor writes a prescription, does he use a paper pad, or a PDA or a laptop? Is your chart a manila folder...
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