Statewide planning push gets help from HARI
PROVIDENCE – The Hospital Association of Rhode Island and its member hospitals have weighed in to support the development of a statewide health plan,...
Kent Hospital joins stroke clinical trial
WARWICK – Kent Hospital was chosen as one of 80 hospitals to participate in a worldwide clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a...
Hasbro Children’s Phornphutkul named genetics director
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Chanika Phornphutkul has been named director of the Division of Human Genetics at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. In that position, she will...
Time to remove health care from ideological debate
In my last visit to this space, I raised several questions about our network of hospitals in an era of health care reform. Fundamentally...
Hundreds of residents get whooping cough vaccine
BARRINGTON – More than 250 residents received a vaccine shot against pertussis, a highly contagious bacterial disease known as whooping cough, within the first...
CVS Caremark to pay $5 million to settle FTC investigation
WASHINGTON - CVS Caremark Corp., the largest U.S. provider of prescription drugs, will pay $5 million to settle claims it misrepresented certain Medicare drug...
Champlin showers grants locally
PROVIDENCE – Two-hundred and nine organizations received grants from The Champlin Foundations this year, totaling $18.9 million.
The foundation increased its grants by 11...
URI veterinarian named vet of the year
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Veterinarian David Serra, who oversees the welfare of animals at the University of Rhode Island, was named the Veterinarian of the...
2 doctors join Memorial cardiovascular staff
PAWTUCKET – Dr. Mark A. Creager and Dr. Marie Gerhard-Herman have joined Memorial Hospital’s cardiovascular division.
Creager, who earned his medical degree at Temple University,...
OHIC hearing on Direct Pay plan scheduled
WARWICK – The Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner will conduct a public hearing on Jan. 17 on the request by Blue Cross &...
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