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One Enchanted Evening event raises $507K for Women & Infants

PROVIDENCE – More than 330 guests attended Women & Infants Hospital’s “One Enchanted Evening” event at Café Nuovo, helping to raise more than $507,000...

CDC recommends getting flu shot before October ends

PROVIDENCE – Flu season is near, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends getting vaccinated against the virus strains that cause the...
TAKING ADVANTAGE: Ortho Rhode Island’s new building being constructed along Crossings Boulevard in Warwick will be the state’s first to take advantage of legislation exempting medical-tourism-themed facilities from the R.I. Department of Health’s certificate-of-need process.
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Groundwork in place to nurture R.I. medical tourism

RHODE Island is poised to capitalize on medically inspired travel between cities and countries, with Ortho Rhode Island Inc.’s pending three-story building next to...
PLAN AHEAD: PBN 2018 Cybersecurity Summit panelists Cindy Lepore, client executive, business insurance, for Marsh & McClennan Agency, and Larry Selnick, director of treasury and payment solutions at Webster Bank, talk about the importance of having a plan in place to handle data breaches, especially when it comes to loss of finances.
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Develop a ‘playbook’ to curb data breaches

Some of your business’s sensitive data is already compromised and more of it likely will be, as the demand for information gleaned from illicit...

Brown study: Fentanyl test strips effectively reduce young-adult opioid overdoses

PROVIDENCE — Brown University's School of Public Health researchers report fentanyl test strips are effective in preventing opioid overdoses and that community-based organizations would...
The R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH and Women & Infant Hospital's new initiative will use $3.2 million to treat, screen for pregnancy-related mood disorders. / COURTESY WOMEN & INFANTS

RIDOH, Women & Infants partner on $3.2M initiative to screen, treat...

PROVIDENCE — The R.I. Department of Health and Women & Infants Hospital will partner in a $3.2 million grant-funded initiative providing prepartum and postpartum...

CVS Health adds 4 seats to board of directors with...

WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. will add four members to its 12-person board of directors, including Mark T. Bertolini, chairman and CEO of Aetna...

Five Questions With: Dr. Elizabeth Lokich

Gynecologic oncologist Dr. Elizabeth Lokich joined Women & Infants Hospital’s program in women’s oncology in September, bringing her back to the institution where she...

Women & Infants honors Ziegelmayer with DAISY Award for nursing work

PROVIDENCE – Women & Infants Hospital recently presented Pawtucket resident Julie Ziegelmayer, a nurse on the Antenatal Care Unit, with the DAISY Award, presented...

Southcoast Health to use Orb Health for chronic care management...

NEW BEDFORD – Southcoast Health will use Orb Health’s collaborative care platform and care delivery services to extend and expand its services into chronic...
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