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Mitchell named state volunteer president of AARP Rhode Island

MARCUS MITCHELL, founder of Shere Strategy Enterprises LLC in Providence, was recently named the new state volunteer president of AARP Rhode Island. Mitchell will...

Five Questions With: Dr. Cheston B. Cunha

Dr. Cheston B. Cunha leads the effort against antibiotic-resistant infections at Rhode Island and The Miriam hospitals. Both facilities were recently designated as Antimicrobial...

2 R.I. hospitals earn 2022 Healthgrades honors

PROVIDENCE – Two hospitals in Rhode Island have earned 2022 honors from Healthgrades, an online health care resource that releases yearly hospital ratings. The Miriam...

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...
A RELIABLE ASSISTANT: Dr. Jeannine Giovanni uses the da Vinci Xi Surgical System to perform bariatric surgery. Giovanni says the robotic help allows more-precise procedures and quicker recovery times for patients. / 
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Weight loss surgery with the help of a robot

More precision and smaller incisions. These are the main benefits that modern robot-assisted surgery brings to bariatric surgery, a procedure that helps with weight loss...

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...
IN LIGHT OF RISING COVID-19 CASES, Lifespan Corp. announced on Jan. 5 that it has updated its visitation policy "to ensure the safety of patients and staff," including a three-hour time span for visits and a limit on the number of visitors for inpatients at Rhode Island Hospital.

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...

Five Questions With: Dr. Mark Deitch

Dr. Mark Deitch, an orthopedic surgeon, joined The Miriam Hospital in September as senior vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer. He...
WESTERLY HOSPITAL and its parent company, Yale New Haven Health System, announced that they are not allowing visitors at this time, with limited exceptions, due to rising COVID-19 cases. / COURTESY WESTERLY HOSPITAL

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...

AARP Rhode Island names Mitchell state president

PROVIDENCE – AARP Rhode Island on Tuesday named Shere Strategy Enterprises founder Marcus Mitchell as state president. He replaces Phil Zarlengo in the volunteer position...
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