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SAFETY FIRST: The Providence VA Medical Center was among the local pilot sites for surgical protocol aimed at avoiding errors. /

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...
HOME SWEET HOME: Marlene and Keith Marshall at their new Cumberland home. The home, built by MEJJ Development, could cut the couple’s annual energy bills by $1,500. /

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...
HEAD START: Jeremy Chiappetta, head of Democracy Prep Blackstone Valley, said that the school will focus on getting all students prepared for college. /

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...
REVENUE STREAM: John Calitri, left, owner of Barrington Radio & Electric, hopes for a sales boost from the Massachusetts tax hike. Also pictured is Randy Machado. /

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...
UNEMPLOYMENT IN RHODE ISLAND, which has been increasing since January 2007, has risen at a faster pace in recent months. /

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...
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