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R.I. Hospital offers abdominal cancer treatment
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital is now offering an innovative treatment for advanced-stage abdominal cancers called intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemoperfusion, or HIPEC, which is only...
Five Questions With: April Silvestro
The Diabetes Self-Management Program at South County Hospital was recently recognized by the American Diabetes Association for helping educate diabetics to manage their health.
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Costly care leaving U.S. patients vulnerable
The math is simple and inescapable: For $50 or $100 a month, a primary-care provider can keep a person’s asthma under control through medication,...
Lifespan lures prominent heart surgeon from Boston
For decades, Rhode Islanders who needed specialized medical care traveled to Boston or farther by default. Local hospitals just didn’t offer that kind of...
Study: Word of mouth, referrals drive provider choice
WASHINGTON – Despite many initiatives to encourage U.S. consumers to use price and quality information to choose health care providers, most Americans still rely...
States given new flexibility with Medicaid
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week issued a final regulation that gives states “unprecedented flexibility” in designing their own...
Researcher to study effects of prematurity
KINGSTON – A University of Rhode Island nursing professor has been awarded a $2.4 million federal grant to continue a study that has been...
CMS leader, Carcieri to help raise awareness of Medicare tools
WARWICK – Three weeks into open enrollment season for Medicare and Medicare Part D plans, CMS Acting Administrator Kerry Weems is coming to Rhode...
Five Questions With: Dr. Michael Fine
Dr. Michael Fine, a leader in Rhode Island’s primary care community and chief physician officer of Hillside Family & Community Medicine in Pawtucket and...
Ex-Blue Cross exec to lead R.I. Free Clinic
PROVIDENCE – Lynne A. Urbani, one of four veteran Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island executives who left the company a year...
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