Steward grabs another Mass. physician practice
BOSTON – Steward Health Care System has added another doctor group to its Massachusetts network, increasing its reach and putting pressure on competing health...
Westerly Hospital files for receivership
WESTERLY – Westerly Hospital voluntarily filed for receivership on Dec. 7 in R.I. District Court, another sign of the financial fragility of community hospitals...
25th annual RE/MAX Open nets $7,500 for RIH
RE/MAX Rhode Island recently held the 25th annual RE/MAX Open Golf Tournament, which raised $7,500 for Rhode Island Hospital’s breast cancer research program. The...
Neighborhood streamlines billing with HealthRules
The Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island is the state’s first health care management business to team up with Burlington, Mass.-based HealthEdge to streamline...
Obama touts health reform to donors, but not voters
President Barack Obama is using passage of the health care law to help him get re-elected. He’s just not making the sales pitch in...
Mantrose crosses border to renovated R.I. labs
In the interstate tug of war over high-paying life science jobs, Rhode Island has won one small skirmish with the relocation of the Mantrose-Haeuser...
Change watchword for 2011
By any measure, 2011 has been a year when the health care landscape in Rhode Island has shifted.
New leadership has been chosen at the...
DMD research nears clinical trials
Researchers affiliated with Brown University and Tivorsan Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Providence are moving toward clinical trials of a treatment to combat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy,...
Steward eyeing R.I. expansion despite restriction
A potential twist is looming in Steward Health Care’s bid to purchase Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket and the Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island...
W&I offers new breast surgery approach
PROVIDENCE – A new technique for breast surgery and cosmetic preservation is now being offered by Women & Infants Hospital, the first hospital in...
