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Northwest Community Health Care to open Foster site

FOSTER – Pascoag-based Northwest Community Health Care will celebrate the opening of a new clinic in Foster on Oct. 26 with a “Foster Healthy...

R.I. to get $500,000 for nurse-family program

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A team led by Rhode Island Kids Count has been awarded a $500,000 federal grant to start a program that will...
THE RHODE ISLAND Intensive Care Unit Collaborative, which includes teams from all the adult ICUs in the state, has been working to reduce pneumonia and bloodstream infections. /

Health care groups join forces to fight infections

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Five major health care organizations last week came together to issue a set of guidelines and strategies to help prevent six...
"THIS FLU SEASON, CVS and MinuteClinic will deliver an estimated one million flu shots," Papatya Tankut, vice president of pharmacy professional services at CVS Caremark. /

Five Questions With: Papatya Tankut

A recent survey by CVS/pharmacy shows only half of Americans plan on getting a flu shot this year, and even those who are may...

Local leaders unroll ‘map’ <br>to R.I. knowledge economy

PROVIDENCE – Local entrepreneurs and leaders from the state’s business, education and health care sectors gathered today with state and local officials to share...

Urciuoli convicted at retrial; Driscoll cleared

PROVIDENCE – Robert A. Urciuoli, the former president and CEO of Roger Williams Medical Center, was found guilty today “of corruptly employing former R.I....

Quality Partners presents 2008 innovation honors

WARWICK – Two individuals and five organizations were honored today by Quality Partners of Rhode Island during the group’s 5th Annual Celebration of Healthcare...
BRIDGE BUILDING: Part of Rhode Island Hospital’s expansion includes three new inpatient floors. /

Hospitals building to remain competitive

To see the future of Women & Infants Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit, you can look at the architects’ drawings, or you can peer...
LAURA ADAMS, Rhode Island Quality Institute CEO, is leading the project to create a health-information exchange in the state. /

Health-information exchange moves forward in R.I.

The system is called “currentcare,” and in the coming months, doctors, health centers, nursing homes, hospitals and other health care providers will be encouraging...

Trade group shares vision for U.S. health care reform

If you could shape U.S. health care reforms in the coming years – and help ensure they happen – what would be your priorities?...
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