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Report: NHPRI has most-affordable plan options on HealthSource RI
SMITHFIELD – The state’s Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner report on 2018 coverage rates on Rhode Island’s health insurance exchange marks Neighborhood Health...
Lifespan announces $10M Phase II COBRE grant
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Cancer Institute researcher Dr. Peter Quesenberry and his team announced Tuesday a $10 million, five-year Phase II Centers of Biomedical Research...
Addiction-prevention programs using Timer Caps to reduce opioid abuse
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health now carries Timer Caps for prescriptions, developed by TimerCap LLC to better manage medication, which some addiction-prevention programs are using...
Five Questions With: Ward Sparacio
Ward Sparacio, a sales and marketing professional with 20 years of medical-device venture, was recently named the new CEO of Portela Soni Medical. Sparacio...
BCBSRI urges diabetes patients to get regular eye-dilation tests
PROVIDENCE – Diabetes puts more than 100,000 diabetic Rhode Islanders at much higher risk for eye damage than average, but early detection and treatment...
Donated Dental Services recruiting volunteers to provide free dental care
WARWICK – Volunteers in the Rhode Island branch of the Donated Dental Services program have given more than $6 million in dental care to...
Hasbro Children’s Hospital PICU nursing staff wins Silver Beacon Award
PROVIDENCE – The Hasbro Children’s Hospital pediatric intensive care unit nursing staff has won a Silver Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association...
Southcoast Smiles to offer free dental care to uninsured Sept. 30
SEEKONK – Southcoast Smiles will offer the uninsured free dental care, from X-rays to fillings and extractions, during their 10th annual Dentistry from the...
Five Questions With: Leah Luo
Rhode Island-based Doctor’s Choice, dedicated to educating consumers about Medicare, has named Leah Luo chief operating officer, combining her unique background in nursing and...
Varano helps develop database to assist police in overdose-prevention outreach
BRISTOL – Police in Plymouth County want to proactively prevent opioid-overdose deaths, something a database created by Roger Williams University Criminal Justice Professor Sean...
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