Hospitals moving to standardize safety procedures
In this case, the error was caught in time. A patient scheduled for eye surgery at The Miriam Hospital on June 11 had the...
College Crusade says members graduate at higher rate than peers
PROVIDENCE – Members of the College Crusade of Rhode Island graduate high school and enter college at a greater rate than their peers throughout...
LEED not the only worthy green building standard
Keith Marshall, manager of communications and marketing at Bank Rhode Island, hasn’t sneezed much since moving into his new, green home. Not that he...
Fledgling charter school survives budget scare
Michael Magee didn’t panic.
The CEO of the fledging Rhode Island Mayoral Academies, Magee was working hard last month to get the nonprofit’s first charter...
Incentive to buy in Mass. fades
For the past several years, John Calitri has dreaded that one weekend in the middle of August when shoppers flood into Massachusetts stores and...
HHS offers grants to help cover children
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius last week announced up to $40 million in grants to be given to help states, local...
Miriam, Brown launch weight control registry
Aiming to combat an “epidemic” of pediatric obesity, researchers at The Miriam Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University have launched...
Marijuana meetings draw interest
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition (RIPAC), a nonprofit medical marijuana advocacy group, is scheduled to host a forum next Thursday for...
Value of Mass. film tax credits doubted
BOSTON – Massachusetts’ film tax credit program is not a good deal for Bay State taxpayers, according to a report released by Gov. Deval...
R.I. job situation is New England’s worst
BOSTON – Rhode Island has been losing jobs for longer than any other New England state and had the region’s fastest rate of employment...