Health Equity Zones encourage community buy-in
Studies have increasingly found that social determinants, such as where you live and who you socialize with, have a lot to do with how...
New CMS rule requires hospitals to post pricing data online
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires hospitals’ pricing data to be posted to their websites, billed as the first step toward a...
Brown researcher: Electronic health records create high stress for physicians
Physicians say electronic health records are stressful, but a survey of Rhode Island doctors and promising strategies suggest compromises between round-the-clock accessibility and reasonable...
High-pressure application breakthrough aids RWMC’s immunotherapy ambitions
T-cells genetically altered to seek and kill cancer don’t do much good if the tumor’s density stops it from contacting the offending tissue, a...
Brown researchers find brain waves an accurate method for measuring pain
A team of Brown University researchers has developed and patented a new, objective measure of pain using a noninvasive electroencephalograph of theta-band brain waves,...
Groundwork in place to nurture R.I. medical tourism
RHODE Island is poised to capitalize on medically inspired travel between cities and countries, with Ortho Rhode Island Inc.’s pending three-story building next to...
Wristband offers drug-free nausea treatment
Sea-Band International creates drug-free, acupuncture-pressure wristbands to combat dizziness and nausea for travelers, pregnant women and cancer patients.Washable and reusable, the wristbands use natural...
Body donors aid research, medical training in private, public sector
Donating one’s body to science can be arranged through learning institutions for some, but is much more accessible through private, for-profit “body brokers,” each...
Brown study: Adjusting Medicare Advantage Plan scores for race, poverty a...
Federal rankings for cost-saving Medicare Advantage Plans improve when adjusted for race, neighborhood poverty and social risk, increasing reimbursement rates for companies offering them,...
Yellow fever vaccine shortage puts strain on Brown Medicine as only...
When the nation’s sole yellow-fever vaccine manufacturer paused production in April during a global outbreak, local travelers had one spot for shots, a recurring...
