Aetna offers free course on cross-cultural issues
HARTFORD, Conn. – Saying it believes cross-cultural education can improve health care outcomes, Aetna is offering free online cross-cultural communications training for physicians, nurses...
Medicare payment rules promote e-prescribing
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has adopted a new Medicare physician fee schedule for 2009 that will boost doctors’ pay...
Miriam awarded $1.2M for HIV-research effort
PROVIDENCE – The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.2 million, five-year grant to a doctor at The Miriam Hospital to develop an...
Tufts Health Plan net income down sharply
WATERTOWN, Mass. – Tufts Health Plan’s net income for the first nine months of this year has been half what it was for the...
Miriam cardiologist named top women’s doctor
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Barbara Roberts, a cardiologist at The Miriam Hospital and a nationally recognized expert on women’s heart health, was recently named one...
March of Dimes gives R.I. a ‘D’<br> for its pre-term birth...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – In the first of what it says will be an annual “Premature Birth Report Card,” the March of Dimes has...
South County Hospital recognized for practices<br> in maternal care and infant...
WAKEFIELD – South County Hospital has been ranked among the best-performing hospitals in the nation for maternity practices in infant nutrition and care, based...
CVS creates new EVP, chief medical officer post
WOONSOCKET – CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) announced last week that it has hired Dr. Troyen A. Brennan, most recently chief medical officer for...
More than half U.S. chronically ill forgo care
NEW YORK – U.S. residents with chronic diseases are much likelier to forgo needed medical care because of the cost than their counterparts in...
Five Questions With: Dr. Betty Vohr
In the flu season, babies who were born prematurely and very small are at particular risk of serious infections and complications. A study at...
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