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Visiting Nurse Services providing GoSafe medical alert service
PORTSMOUTH – Visiting Nurse Services of Newport and Bristol Counties is now a certified Philips Lifeline GoSafe provider. GoSafe, a leading mobile medical alert...
BCBSRI initiative provides free in-home doula visit to new mothers
PROVIDENCE – A new doula program has completed complimentary in-home visits for more than 225 new mothers. The program, which launched exclusively for Blue...
Five Questions With: E. Paul Larrat
E. Paul Larrat, a respected professor, epidemiologist, and health policy and health economics analyst, has been named dean of the University of Rhode Island’s...
Kent Rehabilitation Center receives three-year accreditation for excellence
WARWICK – The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities International has accredited the Rehabilitation Center at Kent Hospital for three years for its inpatient...
Men’s Cancer Wellness Group to meet at Miriam
PROVIDENCE – The Miriam Hospital Men’s Cancer Wellness Group will meet tonight from 6-7:30 p.m. at the hospital’s Comprehensive Care Center in the Fain...
Southcoast Health’s 2014 investment in community health: $22M
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. – Working with hundreds of community partners across the region, Southcoast Health invested $22 million in community benefits in its fiscal...
Spine center offers continuum of care
More than merely a "pain in the neck," back pain, which costs Americans $50 billion annually, will affect 80 percent of us at some...
Five Questions With: Dr. Cedric J. Priebe
Dr. Cedric J. Priebe joined Lifespan as senior vice president and chief information officer after serving as CIO for Partners HealthCare – Massachusetts’ largest...
Taking rhetoric to action
Neil D. Steinberg, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, the largest and most comprehensive funder of nonprofits in Rhode Island, is no...
Delta flies high investing in wellness
Evaluating data and tracking outcomes are second nature for airlines, especially in the service of employee health.
From CEO Richard Anderson on down, Delta...