MetLife Foundation gives $1,000 to R.I. Blood Center
The MetLife Foundation has given $1,000 to the Rhode Island Blood Center for a program to teach Ocean State elementary school students in ...
Brown cancer biologists ID key growth factor
PROVIDENCE- Researchers at Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School and Rhode Island Hospital have identified a type of gene-regulating protein that is required to...
Westerly Hospital opens spine and pain center
WESTERLY – A physician specializing in interventional pain management and spine care has established the Westerly Spine & Pain Center in a suite on...
$63.8M in facilities projects proposed in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – The Office of Health Systems Development at the R.I. Department of Health this month received six “certificate of need” applications for a...
Kent Hospital teams up with Cancer Society
WARWICK – Kent Hospital and the American Cancer Society's New England Division have signed a pact to collaborate on several initiatives, including education programs...
Women & Infants gynecology service for children, teens
PROVIDENCE – Recognizing that a woman's body is "vastly different" than that of an adolescent or a child, Women & Infants Hospital has opened...
Drug dispenser growing its generic-medication use
A pilot program that put generic-drug dispensers in doctors' offices to encourage them to prescribe generics instead of brand-name drugs has been a big...
United, R.I. extend state worker contract into 2010
Two and a half years ago, UnitedHealthcare of New England snatched the state employees' health benefits contract away from Blue Cross & Blue Shield...
A growing challenge at the ACI
For some departments in state government, shaving the budget is difficult. For the R.I. Department of Corrections, it's virtually impossible, says Director A.T. Wall.
In...
VNS Home Health volunteer wins national honors
William C. Wallace II, of Wakefield, has been honored by the Visiting Nurse Associations of America as its 2007 Volunteer of the Year.
He was...
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