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Five Questions With: James O. Prochaska

James O. Prochaska, a professor of psychology and director of the Cancer Prevention Research Center at the University of Rhode Island, will speak at...

University Orthopedics provides 210 free exams to student athletes

PROVIDENCE – University Orthopedics welcomed hundreds of families to its new Kettle Point Medical Center Aug. 4 for its 21st annual free Fall Sports Pre-Participation...

Nadelson joins University Gastroenterology

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Jeffrey D. Nadelson, an inflammatory bowel disease specialist, joined University Gastroenterology Aug. 1. Nadelson is fellowship-trained in gastroenterology, hepatology and transplant hepatology.  He specializes...

Rhode Island seeks health insurance usage info during phone survey

PROVIDENCE – HealthSource RI and the R.I. Executive Office of Health & Human Services have teamed up to gather information about how Rhode Islanders...
BETTER ­RANKINGS: Shayla Durfey, third-year medical student at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, is a co-author of a study that finds that federal rankings for cost-saving Medicare Advantage Plans improve when adjusted for race, neighborhood poverty and social risk.  
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MICHAEL SALERNO

Brown study: Adjusting Medicare Advantage Plan scores for race, poverty a...

Federal rankings for cost-saving Medicare Advantage Plans improve when adjusted for race, neighborhood poverty and social risk, increasing reimbursement rates for companies offering them,...
PRO-CHANGE BEHAVIOR SYSTEMS and the Rhode Island Quality Institute are collaborating to offer a screening program, HealthCoach for Me, to aid practices in helping patients with weight loss and smoking cessation.

Pro-Change, RIQI launch weight-loss, tobacco cessation screening pilot

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Pro-Change Behavior Systems Inc. is collaborating with the Rhode Island Quality Institute using a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ grant...

Rhode Island Hospital, UNAP Local 5098 to resume negotiations Aug. 17

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital, owned by Lifespan Corp., and United Nurses & Allied Professionals Local 5098 ended a seven-hour negotiation meeting Wednesday without an...

Groden Center behavioral specialists announce strike for Aug. 17

PROVIDENCE – District 1199 SEIU New England, representing Groden Center behavioral specialists as they negotiate a new contract, has announced a strike for Friday,...
CARE NEW ENGLAND reported an $803,605 operational gain for the third quarter of fiscal 2018.

CNE reports $804K FY18 Q3 operational gain

PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System reported operational income in its fiscal third quarter of $803,605, an improvement on an operational loss of...

South County Hospital earns second Pathway to Excellence redesignation

SOUTH KINGSTON - South County Hospital has earned its second consecutive three-year Pathway to Excellence redesignation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center recognizing it as a...
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