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Sylvestre honored by American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

PROVIDENCE – Jane Sylvestre, a dietary nutrition specialist with the Care New England Center for Surgical Weight Loss, is this year’s recipient of the...

Harris joins Thundermist Health Center

WEST WARWICK – Dr. Daniel Harris has joined Thundermist Health Center as a family medicine provider at the company’s health center in West Warwick,...

Marquis Health Services names Donaghue senior VP of operations for...

PROVIDENCE – Marquis Health Services, providing subacute rehabilitation and skilled nursing care, has appointed Sharon Donaghue as senior vice president of operations for the...
STEPHEN DEL SESTO testifies before R.I. Superior Court in 2017. He was appointed to usher the St. Joseph Health Services pension plan through receivership. Max Wistow, who was appointed special counsel, sits to his right. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELI SHERMAN

Wistow: St. Joseph’s pension settlements could make $85M plan whole

PROVIDENCE — R.I. Superior Court Judge Brian Stern on Nov. 21 approved an $11 million settlement between the former St. Joseph’s Hospital, the former...
BROWN UNIVERSITY plans to build a combined residence hall and health and wellness center on Brook Street. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown plans residence hall, health center on Brook St.

PROVIDENCE — Brown University students use the campus’s health and wellness services 50,000 times a year, amenities the university plans to concentrate in a...
IMMUNOTHERAPY TREATMENT: Roger Williams Medical Center physicians Dr. Steven Katz, left, and Dr. N. Joseph Espat are developing a high-pressure application of their immunotherapy treatment for cancer cells. It has been demonstrated to be an effective way to administer the drugs to tumors that are usually resistant to treatment.
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DAVE HANSEN

High-pressure application breakthrough aids RWMC’s immunotherapy ambitions

T-cells genetically altered to seek and kill cancer don’t do much good if the tumor’s density stops it from contacting the offending tissue, a...
BCBSRI reported that 40 percent of its recorded emergency department visits in 2018 should have been handled by primary care or urgent care services. The company said that as a result of its analysis, it had eliminated $4.5 million in unnecessary health care costs.

BCBSRI finds that 40% of its covered emergency visits unnecessary

PROVIDENCE — An internal task force at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has identified 40 percent of emergency department visits it...
BROWN UNIVERSITY has been named No. 44 among the world's top universities for science, health and medicine degrees.

CEOWORLD: Brown among world’s top 50 universities for health, medicine, science...

PROVIDENCE – Brown University was named 45th among the top 50 universities in the world for health, medicine and science degrees, according to CEOWORLD...

Lifespan grows operating income 23% in FY18

PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp.’s income from operations grew 22.7 percent to $17.9 million in fiscal 2018, as the hospital group weathered a four-day strike...

Lifespan Cancer Institute among 6 groups studying digital symptom reporting benefit

PROVIDENCE – The Lifespan Cancer Institute is among six cancer programs nationally participating in the $9 million SIMPRO study investigating whether electronic reporting of...
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