Marion Davis
Tax reform, development defined 2006
For good and bad, it was a memorable year
Maybe it’s human nature, a ritual of closure we all enjoy. But at year’s end, we...
Tax reform, development defined 2006
For good and bad, it was a memorable year
Maybe it’s human nature, a ritual of closure we all enjoy. But at year’s end, we...
A revolution two years in the making
CNE electronic records change clinical practice
New moms can be jittery – especially if their baby was born prematurely or with health problems and had...
Memorial to test patient ‘portal’ for health records
As Dr. Charles Eaton sees it, electronic medical records could make a huge difference in many ways, but most of all, when put in...
Kent Hospital CEO charts course for fiscal viability
MARK E. CREVIER
POSITION: President and CEO, Kent Hospital
BACKGROUND: Mark Crevier became president and CEO of Kent Hospital this spring, after serving for six months...
Reed maneuver in Senate saves SCHIP funds for R.I.
A vote near the end of the U.S. Senate’s legislative session has saved a key source of funding for Rhode Island’s RIte Care program,...
Landmark still far from goal
Halfway through its second year, Landmark Medical Center’s open-heart surgery program is only doing three or four surgeries per week, about a third of...
C-section rates rising fast, it’s not clear why
Forget Lamaze, and all those radical notions about truly experiencing childbirth. Women have decided that epidural anesthesia is just fine, especially with half the...
When brain surgery is all in a day’s work
John A. Duncan III was very sickly as a child. Even as rheumatic fever was becoming rare, he contracted it. He also developed juvenile...
Learn from other nations, expert urges policymakers
For years, Americans had an easy answer for anyone who questioned how much we spent on health care: Quality has a price, and we...
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