Tag: Kent County Memorial Hospital
Pact between Lifespan, Brown may change R.I. health care landscape
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series exploring issues surrounding the training of physicians in Rhode Island and its effect on...
Five Questions With: Gerald Weinhouse
Lung cancer is known as the second-most-common cancer in the U.S. and the leading cause of cancer deaths, but because those with lung cancer...
R.I. joining more licensing compacts, but will there be any difference?
Rhode Island is joining another interstate medical licensure compact that allows health care workers to practice in multiple states with an expedited licensing process,...
Women & Infants re-designated as Baby-Friendly USA Hospital
PROVIDENCE – Women & Infants Hospital recently announced it has been re-designated as a Baby-Friendly USA Hospital.
This certification recognizes that the hospital practices all...
Where does Lifespan-Brown agreement leave Care New England?
As Rhode Island’s largest health system celebrates a new affiliation agreement with Brown University, the win for Lifespan Corp. and Brown could create a...
Five Questions With: Dr. Vijay H. Sudheendra
Dr. Vijay H. Sudheendra, associate chief of anesthesia at Kent County Memorial Hospital and president of Narragansett Bay Anesthesia, has begun using a freeze...
Kent Hospital receives Silver Level 2 Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation
WARWICK – Kent County Memorial Hospital announced it has received the Silver Level 2 Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation from the American College of Emergency...
Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation donates $386K to 18 organizations in R.I....
WEST WARWICK – The Centreville Bank Charitable Foundation has awarded $386,132 in funding to 18 organizations throughout Rhode Island and Connecticut as part of...
Five Questions With: Dr. Max Cohen
Care New England Health System recently hired Dr. Max Cohen as part of the Medical and Surgical Weight Loss Center at Kent County Memorial...
R.I. reenters Nurse Licensure Compact to stave off potential hospital staff...
After seeing what the shortage of health care workers did to Rhode Island hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, the state decided to reenter the...