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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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...


















