Health Services

Former RWMC exec Urciuoli gets 3 years

Health Services 04/10/2009

PROVIDENCE - A federal judge today sentenced Robert A. Urciuoli, the former president and CEO of Roger Williams Medical Center, to three years in...

DR. JIM YONG KIM was appointed the 17th president of Dartmouth College last month. /

New Dartmouth president to speak at Brown

Health Services 04/09/2009

Dr. Jim Yong Kim, a physician, medical anthropologist, internationally known expert on tuberculosis and recently appointed president of Dartmouth College, is speaking at Brown...

Heartlab spinoff unveils cardiac data storage system

Health Services 04/09/2009

A spinoff of Ashaway-based Heartlab Inc. last week unveiled a new energy-efficient data storage system for cardiac diagnostic data that it says dramatically reduces...

Study: Cost of Mass. health changes evenly distributed

Health Services 04/09/2009

A new study shows the cost of changes to the Massachusetts’ health care system has been borne more or less evenly by employers, individuals...

Americans dropping prescriptions at growing rates

Health Services 04/09/2009

American consumers are increasingly dropping their prescriptions, apparently due to cost, with 6.8 percent of prescriptions submitted at pharmacies in 2008 never actually picked...

CDC recognizes local perinatal hepatitis program

Health Services 04/09/2009

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently recognized the Rhode Island Perinatal Hepatitis Prevention Program for having the highest immunization rate in the...

"Our voluntary accreditation is based on Lifespan's program of human subjects protection. We demonstrated that we met or exceeded the regulations governing human research," said Lifespan Director of Research Administration Peggy McGill. /

Five Questions With: Peggy McGill

Health Services 04/09/2009

Lifespan and its three research hospitals have received full three-year accreditation from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP). Lifespan’s...

THE ECONOMIC STIMULUS BILL signed by President Barack Obama in Denver on Feb. 17 (above) will generate more than $100 billion in sales for technology companies, analysts say. /

U.S. prepares to spend $100B on tech

Health Services 04/06/2009

WASHINGTON — Technology companies stand to generate more than $100 billion in additional revenue thanks to the $787 billion economic stimulus bill that President...

Report: R.I. worst in nation in housing for low-income children

Health Services 04/06/2009

WARWICK – Rhode Island has the highest percentage of low-income children living in housing built before 1980 in the nation, according to the latest...