New nursing home ratings criticized as incomplete
Bunny Placco searched “far and wide” before picking a nursing home for her mother, Barbara Holmes, when she became too frail to live with...
Real ‘change’ is necessary in primary care
For real “change” to be more than a political sound bite, the new administration will need vision and courage to provide a better health...
$1.9M center consolidates <br>Roger Williams’ cancer services
Roger Williams Medical Center has completed a $1.9 million, 7,000-square-foot building addition that allows it to consolidate all its cancer services under a single...
Developers see need for more Alzheimer’s units
When Briarcliffe Manor owner Akshay K. Talwar decided to build a new Alzheimer’s-care facility on his 20-acre Johnston assisted living campus, he decided to...
NIH awards $10.7M to research center at Women & Infants
PROVIDENCE – Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island has been awarded a five-year, $10.7 million Center of Biomedical Research Excellence grant from the...
Shape Up RI seeks teams for 4th annual campaign
PROVIDENCE – Registration has begun for the fourth annual Shape Up RI, the statewide exercise and weight-loss challenge that to date has inspired nearly...
R.I. Hospital operation first of its kind in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – A doctor at Rhode Island Hospital has performed the nation’s first kidney tumor ablation using a NanoKnife, a new image-guided device that...
Survey finds health reform among top public priorities
WASHINGTON – A new survey released by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health has found health care reform is...
House approves SCHIP renewal, expansion
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives last week approved a bill that will renew the State Children’s Health Insurance Program – an...
R.I. Hospital ultrasound accreditation renewed
The department of diagnostic imaging at Rhode Island Hospital has been reaccredited for three years as an ultrasound provider by the American College of...