Tag: Roger Williams Medical Center
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...
Singer and Meharg presented with 2017 distinguished service award
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Ira Singer and Dr. Joseph “Jody” Meharg were each presented with the 2017 Distinguished Service Award for their many contributions at...
Four R.I. hospitals penalized for high patient injury, infection rates
PROVIDENCE — Four Rhode Island hospitals have been penalized with a 1 percent reduction in Medicare payments for fiscal 2018 by the federal Centers...
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...
WPRI: Brown and Prospect considering bid to buy CNE
PROVIDENCE – Brown University and a California company, Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., are in tentative, yet “serious talks” about making an offer to acquire...
$394K Real Jobs RI grant awarded to Westerly Education Center
WESTERLY – On Tuesday the Westerly Education Center announced it received a $394,124 Real Jobs Rhode Island grant to develop a job training program for...
Local hospitals receive Women’s Choice Awards for patient safety
Four local hospitals received Women’s Choice Awards for patient safety this year including Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, South County Health in South Kingstown,...
Four R.I. hospitals receive A grades in Leapfrog safety grade report
Four out of nine Rhode Island hospitals received the highest grade of A in the Leapfrog Spring 2017 Hospital Safety Grade report released Wednesday.Leapfrog...
