Tag: Lifespan Corp.
Five Questions With: Dr. Steven Schechter
Dr. Steven Schechter, the interim chief of colorectal surgery for Lifespan Corp., is a board-certified colorectal surgeon at University Surgical Associates with special expertise in laparoscopic, minimally...
Stamoulis receives lifetime achievement award for nursing career
SANDY STAMOULIS was presented with a lifetime achievement award during the 2017 President’s Pursuit of Excellence Dinner hosted by Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro...
4 local hospitals named ‘Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence’
PROVIDENCE – Four local hospitals, two each at Southcoast Health and Lifespan Corp., have been named “Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence” by Healthgrades Operating...
Brown University vision for R.I. health care would gather specialty hospitals...
PROVIDENCE — Brown University’s vision of health care in Rhode Island would concentrate all the state’s specialty hospitals under Lifespan Corp.’s management after their...
Communities implement MHFA training to address mental distress
Mental Health First Aid, a training program created in Australia in 2001 by Betty Kitchener, a nurse specializing in health education, and Anthony Jorm,...
‘We’re always going to be in … a war for talent’
As the senior vice president of human resources at Lifespan Corp., Lisa Abbott oversees strategy and operations, especially in relation to customer-service excellence and...
Maher elected medical staff president at Newport Hospital
NEWPORT – Dr. James O. Maher III, an orthopedic surgeon at University Orthopedics, was recently elected president of the medical staff at Newport Hospital,...
Rhode Island Hospital staff donates 3,700 toys to local children
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital employees donated more than 3,700 toys through the hospital’s Toy Drive Challenge as part of a series of charitable...
Hospital demand falls, industry groups differ on whether to embrace trend
Officials and an expert analysis agree Rhode Island has a hospital-bed surplus coupled with a trend toward diminishing demand for inpatient services, but local...
Lifespan teams with GE Healthcare in risk-sharing effort to save $182M
PROVIDENCE – GE Healthcare is collaborating with Lifespan Corp. to help the nonprofit hospital system save $182 million in organizational savings over the next...