Demand outpaces room for NSF grants session
PROVIDENCE – The National Science Foundation’s Regional Grants Conference next month at the Renaissance Providence Hotel, featuring agency Director Dr. Aren Bement and other...
Astro-Med introduces home sleep screener
WEST WARWICK – Astro-Med Inc., a technology company whose products include a wide range of electronic medical devices, has launched a new lightweight sleep...
R.I. researchers identify gene linked to Parkinson’s
PROVIDENCE – Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University say they have discovered a gene that could...
Quality Partners holds first public annual meeting
PROVIDENCE – Quality Partners of Rhode Island, which since 1995 has worked with health care providers, payers and policymakers to improve quality across the...
NIH awards $2M for URI research project
KINGSTON – A nursing professor at the University of Rhode Island has been awarded a $2 million, five-year grant by a division of the...
ICU Collaborative yields results
Dr. Mitchell M. Levy has worked internationally to promote patient safety, reduce hospital-acquired infections and improve treatment of life-threatening conditions. Within the medical intensive-care...
CVS will pay $38M to settle drug-switching claims
CVS Caremark Corp. last week agreed to pay $37.8 million to the U.S. government and states including Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut, to settle...
Companies struggling to contain health care costs
Changes in federal regulations and in the health care industry, in particular, have many businesses turning to benefits consultants for help. PBN spoke last...
Nurses no longer forced to work O.T.
A law that forbids hospitals from ordering nurses to work overtime to cover staffing shortages has been in place for three weeks, but there...
UnitedHealth shareholders can sue firm over stocks
UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s shareholders will be allowed to sue the largest U.S. health insurance company as a group over claims of improper backdating of...
