Tag: Newport Hospital
Therapeutic murals bring comfort to patients at Newport Hospital
NEWPORT – Newport Hospital became the first hospital in the United States to have therapeutic murals painted by the Anouk Foundation, a Switzerland-based nonprofit...
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...
3 R.I. hospitals earn ‘A’ safety grade, 4 others get ‘C’...
PROVIDENCE – Three hospitals in Rhode Island have earned an “A” grade, while four others received a “C” from a national watchdog organization that...
Duquette is driven by her passion to make a ‘meaningful difference’
2022 C-Suite Awards: Career Achiever | Cathy Duquette, Lifespan Corp. executive vice president of quality and safety and chief nursing executive
Growing up in Rhode...
3 Lifespan hospitals join national movement to improve elder care
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp.’s three largest hospitals have joined a national movement to improve and customize health care for older patients.
Rhode Island Hospital, along...
The Miriam internal medicine specialist to lead R.I. chapter of American...
PROVIDENCE – The Miriam Hospital’s director of hospital medicine has been named the governor-elect designee of the Rhode Island Chapter of the American College...
Lifespan CEO pens open letter on staffing shortages
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. is dealing with unprecedented staffing shortages, forcing the state’s largest health care network to retool some procedures in its intensive...
R.I. Hospital tightens visitation to 3-hour window amid COVID-19 surge
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp., the state's largest hospital system, announced on Wednesday that it's tightening visitation policies, limiting visitors for inpatients at Rhode Island...
Amid COVID-19 surge, Westerly Hospital restricts visitors, with limited exceptions
WESTERLY – Amid record-high COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island, Westerly Hospital announced this week that it will not allow visitation to hospitalized patients, except...
Newport Hospital announces new head of Total Joint Program
NEWPORT – Newport Hospital has appointed Dr. Valentin Antoci as medical director of its total joint program for hip, knee and shoulder replacements.
Antoci, an...