Miriam appoints stroke center co-directors
PROVIDENCE – The Miriam Hospital has named Drs. Fred Griffith and Peter Panagos as co-directors of its Stroke Center, the only such facility in...
Five Questions With: Michele A. Danish
Michele A. Danish, clinical-pharmacy manager at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, has been named pharmacist of the year by the Rhode Island Society...
Brown, Women & Infants expand children’s study to Mass.
FALL RIVER – Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital have been awarded a $12 million, five-year contract to expand their participation in a...
Nurses at Fatima OK 3-year contract
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Union nurses at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital today voted “overwhelmingly” to approve the tentative agreement reached last Friday, hospital and...
Research Alliance plans $1.4M in 2009 grants
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) today announced plans to invest another $1.4 million, through its R.I. Research Alliance and...
Bird’s eye view of foot race
Angelina Tanzi, 6, watches from a perch atop her father, Mark, as they await her sister, Julianna, who competed in the kindergarten category of...
United profit 57 percent more than N.E. average
A new report on Rhode Island’s top two health plans shows that while premiums in the state remain lower than across New England, the...
Shortened therapy effective
Intense radiation therapy for three weeks after surgery for early breast cancer keeps the disease at bay just as well as lower doses for...
Butler converting eight pediatric beds to adult use
Citing a growing demand for adult inpatient services and a “fluctuating census” in children’s inpatient services, Butler Hospital said recently that it plans to...
CVS: Probe of rival Longs’ bid is ‘highly unusual’
WOONSOCKET – Although the Federal Trade Commission’s interest in rival drugstore giant Walgreen Co.’s bid for the Longs Drug Stores Corp. is “not surprising,”...
