New Butler center to ease wait for care
There used to be a courtyard adjacent to the admitting area of Providence’s Butler Hospital, where patients could have a smoke while they waited...
Home & Hospice board member receives national research award
PROVIDENCE – The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization presented its 2013 Distinguished Researcher Award to Vincent Mor, Home & Hospice Care of Rhode...
BIF partners with Cincinnati hospital to reduce preterm births
PROVIDENCE – The Business Innovation Factory has partnered with the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center to improve the health outcomes of low-income infants and...
Schottland to head Memorial
PAWTUCKET - Care New England announced Wednesday that the new president and CEO of Memorial Hospital will be Edward Schottland, the current director of...
R.I., Mass. rank among top states for drug abuse prevention
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island and Massachusetts join 15 other U.S. states with a score of at least 8/10 for promising strategies to curb prescription...
Five Questions With: Dr. Andrew Wilner
Dr. Andrew Wilner is a neurologist, epilepsy specialist, and journalist from Fall River. He works for CompHealth as a locum tenens physician, filling in...
DCYF authorized to expand services
The Department of Children, Youth and Families will soon receive federal reimbursement – up to $13 million a year – to help provide services...
Surgeon performs state’s first robotic thoracic procedure
PROVIDENCE – Last month, the chest surgery using robotic technology was performed for the first time in the state at Rhode Island Hospital and...
Women & Infants’ Howes leaves post
PROVIDENCE – After more than 30 years at Women & Infants Hospital, Constance Howes, the hospital’s president and CEO stepped down this week. The...
Shutdown felt in Ocean State; 7K furloughed
More than half of Rhode Island civilian federal employees were sent home from work last week when Congress failed to fund the U.S. government,...
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