Tag: Rhode Island Hospital
Rhode Island Hospital shifts nursing schedule
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital has transitioned some nursing shifts to a 12-hour format, according to a hospital spokesperson.
The transition began in late October...
Brown Health to offer free breast and cervical cancer screenings
PROVIDENCE – Brown University Health’s Cancer Institute and Community Health Institute are planning to host breast and cervical cancer screenings, as well as an...
Five Questions With: Dr. Clark Chen
Rhode Island Hospital recently launched the nation’s first clinical trial looking into the use of non-invasive focused ultrasound in combination with immunotherapy to treat...
HOSPITAL MAKEOVERS: Health systems look for shot in the arm from...
The administrative wing of The Miriam Hospital on Providence’s East Side is a mess these days, and hospital President Maria Ducharme couldn’t be happier...
Hospitals make their bets on new projects to survive
State health care leaders for months have warned of a hospital system in financial crisis. Yet several local hospitals recently finished or are moving...
R.I. Hospital launches first U.S. clinical trial combining focused ultrasound and...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital recently launched the nation’s first clinical trial looking into the use of non-invasive focused ultrasound in combination with immunotherapy...
Filling a desperate need in pediatric dentistry in R.I.
The calls from anxious parents come into the Samuels Sinclair Dental Center all the time, and the story is often the same.
Their child needs...
Five Questions With: Dr. Peter Soden
Dr. Peter Soden recently became one of the first surgeons to implement the Zenith Iliac Branch Device, or the ZBIS device, at Rhode Island Hospital, marking...
Report: Brown Health paid ex-CEO $3.3M severance after he resigned
PROVIDENCE – Brown University Health paid millions of dollars to its former chief executive in the two years following his resignation, WPRI-TV CBS 12...
Five Questions With: Dr. David Harrington
Rhode Island Hospital has been reverified as a burn center by the American Burn Association. The hospital is the only one in the region...


















