<i>Hospitals demand rational management</i>
If the state's community hospitals were public companies, they would all be trading as penny stocks by now. Kent Hospital, for example, is hemorrhaging...
URI getting $0.5M to fund Routhier Chair of nursing
KINGSTON VILLAGE – The University of Rhode Island’s College of Nursing today announced that a new faculty chair has been established, through a $500,000...
Kent’s financial woes tied to industry-wide trends
Spiraling bad debt puts hospitals in a tight spot
As of this week, executives and staff physicians at Kent Hospital earn 8.5 percent less than...
Pledge puts business behind ‘value-driven’ system
Local employers urged to join national effort
With encouragement from Gov. Donald L. Carcieri, a half-dozen Rhode Island employers signed a "statement of support" on...
Memorial to test patient ‘portal’ for health records
As Dr. Charles Eaton sees it, electronic medical records could make a huge difference in many ways, but most of all, when put in...
Nursing care discards the old model
Carol Ranglin beams as she walks through her domain at the Tockwotton Home, a corridor of tidy double rooms.
“This one is my...
Warwick to join free BCBSRI wellness plan
WARWICK – Mayor Scott Avedisian Friday announced the city will participate in Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island’s MuniBlue health-management service.
Under...
Inventors help meet global demand for new ideas
To stay alive, some fish must stay in motion constantly, driving water through their gills to move oxygen into their bloodstream. And to stay...
Medical supply firm finds a niche and grows with it
When doctors perform an angioplasty, they usually start by inserting a catheter – a thin plastic tube – into the patient’s blood vessel. Then...
NIH gives startup $2.8M for sepsis, anthrax trials
Every year, across the United States, nearly 800,000 people develop severe sepsis, a life-threatening condition in which the body is overwhelmed by infection, and...
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