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State gets $250K grant to prepare for climate effects
Rhode Island recently received a $250,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help the state address and prepare for health effects associated with climate change. more
EpiVax team publishes research on H7N9 flu; plans vaccines
PROVIDENCE – A research paper on the emerging threat from the H7N9 flu, written by Dr. Annie De Groot and her team at EpiVax, has been published by the journal Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. more
5/20/13
Samuels Sinclair Dental Center shares smiles
During the 11th annual Give Kids a Smile Day, held Feb. 8, the Samuels Sinclair Dental Center at Rhode Island Hospital was able to provide dental services to more than 30 local children. more
2/25/13
Senate passes Medicaid waste bill
Legislation that would require the state to use technology to screen Medicaid claims to prevent them from being paid to unlicensed, sanctioned or deceased providers passed the R.I. Senate on May 7. more
Lifespan, Gateway receive state OK to partner
Lifespan, the state’s largest hospital network, received state approval to expand its network in a new partnership with Gateway Healthcare, the region’s largest community behavioral health organization, hospital officials announced on May 13. more
Highlands on the East Side opens in city
PROVIDENCE – A new 66-unit facility for assisted-living and dementia-care apartments, The Highlands on the East Side, has officially opened its doors. The new facility has been reconstructed from its former use as an apartment building. more
1/21/13
Free dental clinic scheduled for June
The R.I. Oral Health Foundation will host the second annual free “Mission of Mercy” public dentil clinic on June 1 and 2 at the Dental Hygiene Clinic at the Community College of Rhode Island’s Flanagan Campus in Lincoln. more
Hospital first in N.E. to use novel defibrillator
Rhode Island Hospital became the first hospital in New England, and among the first in the country, to treat a patient with an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) that uses the novel approach of a single lead to sense changes in the heart’s upper chamber, the atrium. more
Statewide health-needs assessment goes online
CRANSTON – A statewide community health-needs assessment database will be available online in the spring of 2013, the Hospital Association of Rhode Island announced recently. more
12/17/12
Westerly sale completed; Landmark review stalled
The $69 million purchase of Westerly Hospital by Lawrence + Memorial Hospital of New London, Conn., was finalized on May 31, 18 months after Westerly Hospital first went into receivership. more
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