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Red Cross chief tackles disaster training, budgeting
Daniel S. Samborn
Position: Chief executive officer, American Red Cross of Rhode Island
Background: A Red Cross veteran with 20 years in the organization, Samborn took...
Paperless doctors’ orders questioned
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association says computerized physician order entry systems, which are implemented in part to...
Health director agrees: Nursing homes need help
An audit of the Department of Health office that oversees nursing homes, hospitals and other health care facilities shows what legislators called an “outrageous”...
R.I. Hospital adopts new infection control software
Rhode Island Hospital has chosen software by TheraDoc Inc., a medical informatics company, to enhance its in-house infection control system by automating surveillance of...
LoJack targets alarming trend of motorcycle theft
New product similar to one in automobiles
The best of them are big, powerful and a bit flashy: two-wheeled works of art with massive engines...
Coalition backs tort reform to stunt malpractice costs
The Rhode Island Medical Society’s drive for tort reforms it hopes would control the cost of medical malpractice insurance got a powerful boost last...
Bill would allow doctors right to negotiate jointly
When UnitedHealthcare of New England won the state workers’ health insurance contract last fall, mental health care providers seized the opportunity to try to...
SHAPE: Hospitals’ future requires collaboration
If Rhode Island’s health care system continues on the track it’s on, a new SHAPE Foundation study shows, by 2030 they’ll be short 200...
Rhode Island Hospital adopts new infection control software
Rhode Island Hospital has chosen software by TheraDoc Inc., a medical informatics company, to enhance its in-house infection control system by automating surveillance of...
HIV continues slow spread in R.I.
551 new HIV cases diagnosed 2000-03; sharp increase in long-term AIDS survivors
A new five-year plan to tackle HIV and AIDS in Rhode Island will...
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