Medicine still needs the personal touch
The evidence is overwhelming that electronic medical records (EMRs) go a long way toward limiting dosing errors and other mistakes of sloppy penmanship and...
UnitedHealthcare to provide incentives for EMR use
Taking a cue from its largest local competitor, UnitedHealthcare of New England is launching a financial-incentive program to encourage local primary care doctors to...
Making it more cheaply, efficiently
During an online seminar he gave last week, Boothroyd Dewhurst Inc. President John Gilligan tackled a big question in the manufacturing world: Is it...
R.I. to benefit from Cephalon plea deal<br> in Medicaid-fraud case
PROVIDENCE – The pharmaceutical manufacturer Cephalon Inc. will pay $762,600 to Rhode Island’s Medicaid program as part of a $375 million national settlement with...
Women & Infants event to focus on sex issues
PROVIDENCE – The Women & Infants Hospital’s Program in Women’s Oncology will hold its annual Ritz conference, “Contemporary Issues in Health Care,” on Nov....
Silveira named marketing head at NetCenergy
Diane Silveira has been named sales and marketing coordinator at NetCenergy. She will oversee client communications and scheduling of sales professionals for a growing...
Technology update, home edition
Do you own a desktop computer for personal use?
• Yes – 85.7%
• No – 14.3%
Do you...
R.I. Hospital testing new psoriasis treatment
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital is recruiting volunteers for a clinical research study of an injectable drug to treat moderate to severe plaque-type psoriasis,...
Study: Consumers’ health skills vary widely
WASHINGTON – A national study by the Center for Studying Health System Change has found that the level of “patient activation” – people’s...
Private grant to support Women & Infants study
PROVIDENCE – A California-based biomedical testing instrument maker has awarded $475,000 to researchers at Women & Infants Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School...
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