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Study: U.S. health costs rise,<br> access declines, outcomes lag
NEW YORK – A new national scorecard from The Commonwealth Fund shows the U.S. health care system has failed to improve overall in the...
Congress approves Reed child cancer legislation
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate last week passed legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jack Reed that will provide $150 million over five years to...
Congress approves Reed child cancer legislation
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate last week passed legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jack Reed that will provide $150 million over five years to...
V.A.-Brown study looks at cancer prevention
PROVIDENCE – A Brown University professor and dermatologist at the Providence Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center has received a $10 million grant from...
Collegium closes on $20M equity financing round
CUMBERLAND – Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc. said last week that it has closed a $20 million Series D equity financing round led by Frazier Healthcare...
Blue Cross imaging rules aim to reduce utilization
A policy instituted in January by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island that requires “precertification” for MRIs, CT scans, PET scans and...
Ratings drop as hospitals bleed from bottom line
The reports came within days of each other: First Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services dropped the rating for $10.6 million of 1994 bonds sold...
Toys studied as playthings and tools for therapy
Jyomi Holland was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when she was about four months old. Her parents noticed she didn’t move the right side of...
Five Questions With: Hasbro’s Dr. Michelle Rickerby
Started in June 1998, the Hasbro Children’s Hospital Partial Hospital Program provides an unusual combination of services for kids with both medical and psychiatric/behavioral...
Mass. tightens rules on hospital construction, technology reviews
BOSTON – The Mass. Public Health Council last week unanimously approved new rules that strengthen oversight of hospital building projects and large high-tech purchases,...
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