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DR. SARAH FESSLER, chief medical officer and practicing family medicine physician at East Bay Community Action Program, was honored Oct. 16 when she received the Clinical Leadership Award from the Rhode Island Health Center Association. / COURTESY EAST BAY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM

RIHCA presents Fessler with clinical leadership award

WARWICK – The Rhode Island Health Center Association honored Dr. Sarah Fessler, chief medical officer and practicing family medicine physician at East Bay Community...
CARE NEW ENGLAND submitted its application to close Pawtucket's Memorial Hospital. / COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND

CNE submits application to close Memorial to health department

PAWTUCKET — Care New England has submitted its application to close Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island to the R.I. Department of Health, ending inpatient...
DR. W. CURT LAFRANCE, co-principal investigator for a new study that hopes to shed light on the mechanism behind seizures associated with post-traumatic epilepsy and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, conducts a finger-tapping exercise with Army and Navy Veteran Ernest J. Avery of West Warwick as part of an exam at the Providence VA Medical Center. Seizures are a common result of traumatic brain injury, especially in Veterans. / COURTESY OCEAN STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

R.I., Ala. institutions partner on $3.6M study of traumatic brain injury...

PROVIDENCE — The Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in Providence and Birmingham, Alabama, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham...
CHARTWISE MEDICAL SYSTEMS has named Steven Mason its new president and chief operating officer. / COURTESY CHARTWISE MEDICAL SYSTEMS

ChartWise names Steven Mason president, COO

SOUTH KINGSTOWN — ChartWise Medical Systems Inc. appointed Steven Mason as president and COO of the Computer-Assisted Clinical Documentation Improvement software firm, the company...
RHODE ISLAND RANKED NO.1 in the nation in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade national rankings for having 5 of 7 reviewed hospitals score an A rating. / COURTESY LEAPFROG

R.I. ranked first in Leapfrog hospital safety guide with 5 A-rated...

PROVIDENCE — Five out of seven Rhode Island hospitals won A ratings from the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, earning the state first place in...
THE R.I.DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH fined Prime Health Services $1 million for transferring Landmark Medical Center and Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island to the company’s nonprofit Prime Foundation without state approval. / PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Prime Healthcare fined $1 million for transferring hospitals to nonprofit without...

PROVIDENCE — The R.I. Department of Health has fined Prime Healthcare Services $1 million for transferring Landmark Medical Center and Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode...
DR. ALEXIOS G. CARAYANNAPOULOS is a physiatrist and medical director of the Comprehensive Spine Center, which recently expanded to the Newport Hospital. / COURTESY LIFESPAN

Lifespan’s Comprehensive Spine Center opens its doors in Newport

NEWPORT – The Comprehensive Spine Center has expanded to Newport Hospital, making treatment close to home available for residents of Aquidneck Island, South County...
LIFESPAN'S DR. DOREEN WIGGINS, an obstetrician-gynecologist and surgical oncologist who focuses on breast cancer, is also director of the cancer survivorship program at the Women's Medicine Collaborative at Lifespan. / COURTESY LIFESPAN

Five Questions With: Dr. Doreen Wiggins

Lifespan’s Dr. Doreen Wiggins, an obstetrician-gynecologist and surgical oncologist who focuses on breast cancer, is also director of the cancer survivorship program at the Women's...

DOH chief named president-elect of National Health Directors Group

PROVIDENCE – State health directors across the nation have elected Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, director of the R.I. Department of Health, as president-elect of the...

Donovan, RIHEBC win public health service award

CRANSTON — WellOne Primary Medical and Dental Care presented Robert Donovan, executive director of the Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corporation with the...
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