Rob Borkowski
St. Luke’s bronchial thermoplasty lung treatment reduces severe asthma attacks
NEW BEDFORD – St. Luke’s Hospital now offers bronchial thermoplasty, the first nondrug treatment option for adults with severe asthma, proven to reduce severe...
DeBlasio accepts 2017 Distinguished Service Award
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Dr. Peter DeBlasio Jr., an ophthalmologist who has been on staff at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital for more than 35...
Muller named pharmacist of the year at RISHP banquet
WARWICK – Michael Muller, clinical pharmacist specialist in neonatology at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, was named Health System Pharmacist of the Year...
Market skeptical of CVS-Aetna merger valuation
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp.’s preliminary prospectus for shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday afternoon values its merger with Aetna Inc....
CNE, Partners plan definitive merger agreement
PROVIDENCE — Care New England Health System and Partners HealthCare of Massachusetts have agreed to enter into a definitive agreement to merge, the next...
4 local hospitals named ‘Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence’
PROVIDENCE – Four local hospitals, two each at Southcoast Health and Lifespan Corp., have been named “Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence” by Healthgrades Operating...
Congressional spending bill extends CHIP, RIte Care funding 6 years
PROVIDENCE— Congress’s spending bill that extended federal services through Feb. 8 on Monday also funded the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, for six...
Brown University vision for R.I. health care would gather specialty hospitals...
PROVIDENCE — Brown University’s vision of health care in Rhode Island would concentrate all the state’s specialty hospitals under Lifespan Corp.’s management after their...
SEC: Drug distributor must allow shareholder vote on opioid-related clawback disclosure
PROVIDENCE— State Treasurer Seth Magaziner and national coalition Investors for Opioid Transparency have won an U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ruling that AmerisourceBergen Drug Corp....
R.I. communities sue opioid manufacturers, distributors as public nuisances
PROVIDENCE — Fourteen Rhode Island communities led by Lt. Gov. Dan McKee are filing a public nuisance lawsuit against five of the largest pharmaceutical...