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Top Doctors List names 279 local physicians to ranks for 2017-18

PROVIDENCE – About 279 physicians in Rhode Island and Bristol County, Mass., have been named by their peers to the Top Doctors List for...

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...

BCBS names area hospitals as Blue Distinction Centers

PROVIDENCE —  The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has named several area hospitals as Blue Distinction Centers for five areas of specialty care as...
THE FLU SEASON and other viruses, along with the closure of Pawtucket's Memorial Hospital, have increased the demand for emergency department services at The Miriam Hospital on Providence's East Side. / COURTESY LIFESPAN

DOH: Lines at The Miriam Hospital caused by Memorial closure, viruses...

PROVIDENCE – A combination of new patients from the shuttered Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island in Pawtucket and a busy flu season are causing...
DR. PETER DEBLASIO JR., an ophthalmologist at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence, received the 2017 Distinguished Service Award at the annual CharterCARE Health Partners’ Medical Staff physician reception on Dec. 11. Pictured from left at the event: John Holiver, CEO, CharterCARE Health Partners; Dr. Joseph Mazza, medical staff president, Fatima Hospital; DeBlasio; and David Kobis, president, Fatima Hospital. / COURTESY CHARTERCARE HEALTH PARTNERS

DeBlasio accepts 2017 Distinguished Service Award

NORTH PROVIDENCE – Dr. Peter DeBlasio Jr., an ophthalmologist who has been on staff at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital for more than 35...
R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott urges Rhode Islanders to consult their doctor before going to the hospital for flu treatment. / COURTESY RIDOH

RIDOH advises most to seek doctor’s visit, not hospital, for flu...

PROVIDENCE, RI — R.I. Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott is urging Rhode Islanders to consult their doctor before going to the hospital...
RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL employees donated 3,700 toys to needy children on Dec. 16., as part of the hospital's Toy Drive Challenge. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND 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...

Rhode Island Hospital joins national Alzheimer’s disease imaging study

PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island Hospital has joined phase four of the $40 million Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, an international clinical trial studying the rate...
SURPLUS: With most Rhode Island hospitals experiencing a decline in patients since 2006, and falling demand for inpatient services, the state has a surplus of hospital beds. Shown above is a patient room from The Miriam Hospital in Providence. / COURTESY ­LIFESPAN CORP.

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...
FURTHER STUDY: Dr. Gregory D. Jay, owner of Lubris LLC, has been investigating lubricin, a glycoprotein recently licensed to Novartis for use as a dry-eye treatment. Jay is looking into lubricin’s potential as a treatment for damaged joints and abdominal scarring prevention.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

R.I. hospitals’ dilemma: Nurture innovation or be downsized by it

Medical innovation saves and improves otherwise desperate lives and lends prestige to the hospitals nurturing it, while attracting new patients, funding, and top researchers...
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