Marion Davis
Grants support R.I. long-term care counseling
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Elderly Affairs has been awarded $379,000 in grants under the federal health care reform law to help connect...
Study links waist size, U.S. diabetes rates
ARLINGTON, Va. – Americans’ larger waist size, not conventional risk factors such as obesity, appears to best explain why the United States has higher...
Study links childhood adversity to potential adult health woes
PROVIDENCE – A new study led by Brown University and Butler Hospital psychiatrists has found that seemingly healthy adults who were abused or neglected...
Quality Institute launches EHR marketplace
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Quality Institute has launched a "vendor marketplace" to help local primary care providers choose an electronic health record (EHR),...
Five Questions With: John P. Donoghue
In 1999, Brown University created a multidisciplinary Brain Science Program to push the boundaries of that burgeoning field, bringing together the best and brightest...
Care New England joins reinsurance program created by federal health reform
PROVIDENCE – Care New England and system member Women & Infants Hospital are among nearly 1,000 employers accepted into the federal Early Retiree Reinsurance...
RIHCA hosts candidates’ forum Oct. 14
WARWICK – The Rhode Island Health Center Association is hosting a forum Thursday, Oct. 14, from 9:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Crowne...
Grants support primary care-mental health integration at Providence Center
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Center has been awarded two federal grants totaling $3.2 million to support collaborations with local community health centers to integrate...
Reform talk leads to closer review of health plans by consumers
MINNETONKA, Minn. – Prompted by the national dialogue on health care reform, U.S. consumers are paying much closer attention to their own health plans...
W&I doctor to lead fetal-growth study
PROVIDENCE – A Women & Infants Hospital physician has been chosen to lead a two-year, $3.7 million project to set a national standard for...
