URI, Rhode Island Hospital create medical physics program
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – If the want ads this fall in The Washington Post are any indication, the new, five-year medical physics degree program at...
Morton Hospital earns Gold Seal accreditation from Joint Commission
TAUNTON – Morton Hospital and Medical Center earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for demonstrating compliance with national standards for health care...
Prosperity is the agenda for new health care workers
PROVIDENCE– A standing ovation greeted 25 new graduates of Stepping Up, a program providing training, education and career coaching for low-income community residents and...
Fall River-manufactured device used for first time in cartilage surgery
FALL RIVER – A new medical device designed by NuOrtho Surgical Inc., the Ceruleau, which boasts a protective-electrode tip, was used Nov. 15 for...
R.I. innovation is a template for U.S. health care reform
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 signed into law earlier this year is intended to expand the number of insured Americans,...
Tools are available to improve health outcomes in R.I.
What will it take for patients to feel safe during their hospital stays? According to a report published in November in The New England...
Nurses, pharmacists most effective in patient communications, says CVS
PROVIDENCE – Pharmacists and nurses are the most effective health care professionals in promoting patients to take medicine as prescribed, a new national study...
Patients still able to use Care New England facilities despite contract
PROVIDENCE – If no new contract is reached between UnitedHealthcare of New England and Care New England before the current contract expires on Dec....
Landmark suspends purchase talks with Caritas, blames insurance discussions
WOONSOCKET - Negotiations between Landmark Medical Center and the Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island and Caritas Christi Health Care Systems have stalled without reaching...
Five Questions With: Benjamin Wolozin
The Alzheimer’s Association-Rhode Island Chapter recently held its 14th annual research symposium, featuring Benjamin Wolozin, professor of pharmacology and neurology at the Boston University...
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