Chamber panel on benefits exchange voices unity
PROVIDENCE – A Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce forum, held on April 24, focused on implementation the R.I. Health Benefits Exchange and featured a...
South County explores merger with Westerly Hospital
WAKEFIELD – The board of trustees at South County Hospital is exploring the possibility of creating a combined health care delivery system for Washington...
Survey: NEIT ranks 5th nationwide for health care program
EAST GREENWICH – The New England Institute of Technology earned the No. 5 spot on the SR Education Group’s Guide to Healthcare School’s 2012.
New...
Five Questions With Shirley Dexter
Shirley Dexter, 88, of North Scituate, was the first patient in Rhode Island to undergo a new procedure at Rhode Island Hospital, in which...
Oh honored for neonatology work
PROVIDENCE – Dr. William Oh of Barrington, former chief of pediatrics at Women & Infants Hospital, will receive the Maureen Andrews Mentorship Award from...
Drug take-back day scheduled for April 28
PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is supporting an effort to help clear homes of potentially dangerous, expired, unused and...
Steward seeks more changes in legislation
PROVIDENCE – Despite winning approval by the Rhode Island Senate for legislative changes in the Hospital Conversions Act that would allow it to purchase...
Providence Center, New Leaf join forces
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Center, Rhode Island’s largest behavioral health and recovery provider, has joined forces A New Leaf, a Providence florist with the...
Butler breaks ground on new Patient Care Center
PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital hosted a ceremony to commence the building of its new $17 million Patient Care Center on Tuesday.
The new three-story, 49,000-square-foot...
Kent Hospital puts spotlight on drug overdoses, deaths
WARWICK – A spike in drug overdoses being treated at Kent Hospital –seven out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the past eight weeks have resulted in...