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Hospitals stepping up safety efforts
How it happens is easy to see: A drug meant for an elderly man in Room 205 is accidentally given to another elderly man...
UnitedHealthcare to provide incentives for EMR use
Taking a cue from its largest local competitor, UnitedHealthcare of New England is launching a financial-incentive program to encourage local primary care doctors to...
R.I. Hospital testing new psoriasis treatment
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital is recruiting volunteers for a clinical research study of an injectable drug to treat moderate to severe plaque-type psoriasis,...
Langevin, Kennedy back health reform campaign
PROVIDENCE – Both of Rhode Island’s congressmen last week declared their support for the principles of the Health Care for America Now, a national...
Study: Consumers’ health skills vary widely
WASHINGTON – A national study by the Center for Studying Health System Change has found that the level of “patient activation” – people’s...
Private grant to support Women & Infants study
PROVIDENCE – A California-based biomedical testing instrument maker has awarded $475,000 to researchers at Women & Infants Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School...
CDC: Infant-mortality rate not near target
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the U.S. infant-mortality rate was 6.71 per 1,000 live...
Five Questions With: Rebecca Burke
The Miriam Hospital last week announced that Rebecca Burke, the hospital’s chief nursing officer and senior vice president for patient care services, has been...
Report cites growing shortage of Mass. docs
In less than two years, Massachusetts’ health care reform has helped nearly 440,000 adults and children get health coverage, ensuring that they can afford...
Women & Infants conference to focus on sex issues
PROVIDENCE – The Women & Infants Hospital’s Program in Women’s Oncology will hold its annual Ritz conference, “Contemporary Issues in Health Care,” on Nov....
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