Bridging gaps to help patients get proper care
Dr. Pablo Rodriguez has been trying to bridge gaps in health care his whole life.
Born in Puerto Rico, he came to the United States...
Health insurers will soon have option to start charging for COVID...
For the past three years, grabbing an over-the-counter or laboratory COVID-19 test has been easy, relatively quick and entirely free. But soon, some Rhode...
Faster tumor diagnosis with robotic assistance
Dr. Andrew Foderaro has performed countless bronchoscopies over his career, but even he can find it tricky.
The procedure requires a doctor to maneuver a...
NEMIC programs helping draw global startups to Providence, break into U.S....
John Cho was not very familiar with Providence a few months ago. As a South Korean entrepreneur in the health care sector, he never...
Are electronic health records burning out doctors?
Dr. Oliver Mayorga recalls one time attending to a patient in the Westerly Hospital emergency room who was suffering from cancer.
The patient, a Rhode...
In many ways, these tattoos restore what’s lost to breast cancer
For the first year after her double mastectomy, all Debra Turilli could think about was how happy she was to be alive.
She had been...
AI put to the test during cardiac procedures in R.I.
A new artificial intelligence technology is helping physicians perform ablations – minimally invasive surgeries used to treat certain heart conditions – more efficiently, and...
Pediatrics pain point may be soothed by design solution
When Dr. Ravi D’Cruz asked his former mentor Dr. Brian Alverson if he could think of any problems in health care that could be...
R.I. escalates efforts to contain monkeypox
Treating a cough or sore throat used to be a lot simpler. But since the COVID-19 outbreak more than two years ago, common symptoms...
A $28M plan to make Women & Infants delivery rooms ‘homelike’
The delivery rooms at Women & Infants Hospital have been feeling a little cramped in recent years.
Expectant mothers ready to give birth often find...
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