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Flu Day participants receive awards

The R.I. Department of Health last week presented awards to 11 health care providers that participated in the state’s first Flu Vaccination Day in...

Quality Improvement Fair to be held Wednesday

Quality Partners of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Health Care Association are hosting a daylong Quality Improvement Fair this Wednesday at Rhodes on...

Whitehouse seeks to close ‘doughnut hole’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and two colleagues have introduced legislation to shrink the Medicare prescription drug “doughnut hole,” the gap...

R.I. jobless rate hits 32-year high of 10%

CRANSTON – The state’s unemployment rate reached double digits in December, jumping 0.7 percentage points to 10.0 percent – the first time it has...

UnitedHealth profit shrinks in 2008 <br> as lawsuits wipe out revenue...

MINNEAPOLIS – UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), whose operating businesses include UnitedHealthcare, the parent company of UnitedHealthcare of New England, saw its annual profit fall...
THE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS were among those honored last week at the first iSixSigma Live! Summit & Awards, held at the Trump International Beach Resort in Miami. /

Textron, EB win Six Sigma honors

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. – Two Rhode Island companies are among the organizations honored for outstanding Six Sigma programs and projects during the recent iSixSigma...

Astro-Med gets FDA OK for Neurotrac III sales

WEST WARWICK – Astro-Med Inc. (NASDAQ: ALOT) today announced that its Grass Technologies group has received federal approval to begin marketing its Neurotrac III...

Study: chronic diseases, out-of-pocket costs rise

BETHESDA, Md. – The prevalence of chronic diseases among U.S. residents is on the rise, with about 44 percent of people reporting at least...

Blue Cross of Mass. aids programs for uninsured

BOSTON – The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation has awarded $1.95 million in grants to 17 health care providers, including two in...

Kent stroke center earns &lsquo;Gold Seal&rsquo; accreditation

WARWICK – The Stroke Center at Kent Hospital has earned the Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Centers, the...
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