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Five Questions With: Rick Brooks
In a blow to the Lifespan health system, which says it’s built up a $12 million deficit in the first five months of its...
CMS sets new rules for Medicare Advantage, Part D plans
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week issued its annual “Call Letter” to insurers that intend to offer Medicare Advantage and...
Kent Hospital to host career fair for teenagers
Aiming to encourage young people to consider careers in health care, Kent Hospital is hosting a career fair on April 30 to allow middle...
R.I. campaign promotes smoke-free cars, homes
A new campaign from the R.I. Department of Health is encouraging smokers to avoid lighting up in their cars or homes, stressing the dangers...
Bradley Hospital opens new 60-bed facility
Bradley Hospital last week opened a new, 60-bed, 44,000-square-foot inpatient facility on its East Providence campus, just a year after breaking ground on the...
Robotic surgery is a boon to The Miriam Hospital
Dr. Harry C. Sax first used a surgical robot at the University of Rochester in New York, and after joining The Miriam Hospital as...
Brown team’s finding may improve chemotherapy
A Brown University team has developed a twin nanoparticle that the scientists believe could dramatically improve chemotherapy by narrowly targeting tumor cells and allowing...
Five Questions With: Dr. Raymond O. Powrie
Anticoagulants – drugs that stop blood from clotting – are widely used in medicine, including in some women of childbearing age. But while they...
Business group unveils health care initiative, data
The share of small-business owners who can provide health insurance to their employees has dropped from 67 percent in 1995 to 38 percent in...
GAO: More study needed to see if SCHIP displaces private coverage
A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the federal government needs to improve its efforts to determine whether the State...
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