AN INDEPENDENT STUDY commissioned by Brown University found that the proposed Lifespan-Care New England merger could improve a lagging academic medicine industry in Rhode Island.
PROVIDENCE – An independent study commissioned by Brown University found that Rhode Island trails most of its neighboring states in the academic medicine industry. According to the study, carried out by Missouri-based consulting firm Tripp Umbach, the proposed merger between Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System, which would integrate the two companies into…