Phipps given service award at Women & Infants meeting
Maureen G. Phipps was recently recognized with the Medical Staff Association Distinguished Service Award at Women & Infants Hospital’s annual meeting. Phipps currently serves...
Rhode Islanders in 2011 saved $8.2M in Medicare costs
WASHINGTON – In 2011, 14,822 Rhode Island residents with Medicare saved a total of $8.2 million on their prescription-drug costs, thanks to the health...
With help, childhood obesity can be stopped in its tracks
Childhood obesity is on the rise, and we can’t afford to sit idle and simply watch our children’s waistlines grow. In Rhode Island alone,...
Romneycare not end of the world
Millions of Americans have been watching, waiting, for the sky to fall on the commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Two years ago the state passed a...
Health group, Assembly host annual ‘think tank’
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Public Health Association hosted its sixth annual Rhode Island Public Health Think Tank on Feb. 8, in partnership with...
Free dental clinic is scheduled for June 2-3
PROVIDENCE – The state’s first-ever free dental clinic for uninsured and underinsured will be held June 2-3 at the Community College of Rhode Island’s...
Andrade named chair of Memorial hospital board
PAWTUCKET – Robert P. Andrade was elected chairman of the board of trustees of Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island.
Andrade succeeds William J. Hunt,...
Umbilical-cord program accredited by AABB
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Blood Center’s umbilical-cord blood program, located at Women & Infants Hospital, received accreditation recently, one of only 28 such...
Fine identifies public health agenda for R.I.
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Department of Health Director Michael Fine detailed his agency’s public-health priorities and prevention strategies for 2012 in a presentation on Feb....
Survey: Providers unhappy with insurers
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island medical providers voiced general dissatisfaction with commercial insurance carriers across a spectrum of issues, including fair treatment of providers, promotion...
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