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Mass. uninsured drop by nearly half
WASHINGTON – An Urban Institute study published last week in the journal Health Affairs shows that in roughly a year since Massachusetts implemented its...
All R.I. hospitals to go tobacco-free on Nov. 20
PROVIDENCE – Nine institutions that are part of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island announced last week that they will make their campuses tobacco-free...
RIH, Miriam get $500,000 from Avon Foundation
PROVIDENCE – The Avon Foundation has awarded $500,000 to the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital to support its...
BCBSRI ranked 2nd in N.E. for prompt payment
WATERTOWN, Mass. – A study released last week by AthenaHealth Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), a leading provider of Internet-based business services for doctors, and Physicians...
Consumers Union launches health care tour, hospital ratings
YONKERS, N.Y. – Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, last week launched a national tour to listen to Americans talk about their...
First home health care satisfaction survey released
PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Department of Health last week released the results of the first annual statewide survey of patient satisfaction with home health...
Insurers offering help picking doctors
If you hurt your knee and needed to see an orthopedist, how would you pick the right one?
Would you ask another doctor for a...
Sepsis project raises bar for ICU Collaborative
It’s a nightmare scenario that is all too common: A patient comes into the hospital with an infection, or with a serious injury prone...
Providence Center awarded 3-year accreditation
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Center announced recently that it has been accredited for three years by the Council for Accreditation of Rehabilitative Facilities...
Astro-Med scores contract with buying network
WEST WARWICK – Astro-Med Inc. said last week that it has been awarded a two-year contract from Premier Inc. that makes its Grass Technologies-brand...
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