Landmark eyes merger with Memorial Hospital
WOONSOCKET and PAWTUCKET – Landmark Medical Center, which has been struggling financially and has approached Lifespan twice in the last year to discuss the...
Commission warns about pediatric medication errors
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. – The Joint Commission, which accredits health care facilities, issued an alert on Friday to try to reduce the incidence of...
Tockwotton Home to become lab for better elder care
PROVIDENCE – Tockwotton Home is partnering with three regional research and development entities to create what they call “a real-world laboratory” for new products,...
Lifespan leaders focus on patient safety
WARWICK – Nearly 400 Lifespan managers and executives gathered at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at the Crossings last Thursday for a symposium on patient...
Mass. report shows record-high life expectancy
BOSTON – A report last week from the Mass. Department of Public Health shows that life expectancy in the Bay State is as high...
Women & Infants researcher wins Brown award
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Maureen G. Phipps, director of the Division of Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Women & Infants Hospital,...
Cancer registrars’ work spotlighted
CRANSTON – The more than 25 cancer registrars who work in Rhode Island health care organizations were recognized last week during National Cancer Registrars...
Matching renovation with corporate philosophies
Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island, the third oldest hospice in the country, is looking at its LEED-certified renovations for a new Providence...
A stand for health care
“White coats for healthy votes” was an effort last week to lobby against the proposed cuts in the state’s RIte Care health insurance program,...
IlluminOss gets funding for clinical trial testing
When Robert A. Rabiner launched IlluminOss Medical Inc. a little more than a year ago, the company’s staff consisted of himself and a...
