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UNAP Local 5098 rejects Rhode Island Hospital contract deal

Health Services 07/13/2018

PROVIDENCE – The United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5098 voted to reject the tentative three-year agreement reached with Lifespan for contracts with employees...

DISCOVERY: Lifespan researchers Chathuraka T. Jayasuriya, left, and Qian Chen, both of Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, have discovered aberrant stem cells that may play a role in osteoarthritis. / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Osteoarthritic stem cell discovery hints at disease’s first drug treatments

Health Matters 06/15/2018

A May report by a team of researchers from Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University shows that a portion of unspecialized stem cells in...

GET WITH THE GUIDELINES GOLD PLUS AWARDS were given to Kent Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital and South County Hospital this year.

Four R.I. hospitals win top stroke care honor

Health Services 06/13/2018

Correction: A previous version of this story misidentified the Gold and Silver Award winners. PROVIDENCE – Four Rhode Island hospitals have been named Get With...

Five Questions With: Dr. Carla Moreira

Health Services 06/11/2018

Dr. Carla Moreira, a native of Cape Verde, spent much of her life growing up in Rhode Island. She is a graduate of the...

RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL has agreed to add $1 million to its patient verification budget following four incidents where tests or a surgery was performed on the wrong person or body area ./ COURTESY RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL

Rhode Island Hospital adds $1M for verification after three tests on...

Health Services 06/08/2018

PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island Hospital has agreed to invest at least $1 million into patient identification and verification systems after a R.I. Department of...

DIFFICULT PREDICAMENT: Dr. John Miskovsky, an internist in Pawtucket who served on the Memorial Hospital medical executive committee, says the patients of his private practice are finding it difficult to care for their health without nearby hospital services following the closure of Memorial Hospital. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

City seeks waiver to direct rescue runs to local clinics in...

Health Matters 05/18/2018

CharterCARE Health Partners remains hopeful of its bid to restore the recently shuttered Memorial Hospital emergency room, but Pawtucket officials may try for a...

CHRISTOPHER G. MATTESON has been arrested for allegedly stealing $109,000 from a training program for members of the UNAP/RI Local 5098 at Rhode Island Hospital. / COURTESY R.I. STATE POLICE

Matteson charged with embezzlement of $109K from union training program

Government 05/15/2018

SCITUATE – The R.I. State Police have arrested Christopher G. Matteson for allegedly stealing $109,000 from a training program for members of the United...

DR. ELEFTHERIOS MYLONAKIS, chief of infectious diseases at Rhode Island Hospital, is researching new drugs to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria. / COURTESY LIFESPAN

Five Questions With: Dr. Eleftherios Mylonakis

Health Services 05/14/2018

Dr. Eleftherios Mylonakis is chief of infectious diseases at Lifespan Corp. affiliate Rhode Island Hospital. He is also the Charles C.J. Carpenter professor of infectious...

DR. PENELOPE DENNEHY, director of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases division at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, received the 2017 Hamolsky Outstanding Physician Award from Rhode Island Hospital medical staff. / COURTESY HASBRO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

Dennehy receives 2017 Hamolsky Outstanding Physician Award

Health Services 04/30/2018

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Penelope Dennehy, director of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases division at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, can count the respect of her colleagues a certainty...