Healthcare Review

Bridgeport – St. Vincent’s Medical Center announced it will no longer sell water in plastic bottles due to its commitment to Go Green.
The hospital had been selling approximately 350,000 bottles of water in plastic bottles each year. To underscore the purity and quality of the water available at the hospital’s fountains, taps and bottle-filling stations, [...]

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The Hannaford Charitable Foundation is helping bring a state-of-the art medical learning center to Maine’s largest hospital.
Maine Medical Center (MMC) and the Hannaford Charitable Foundation today announced a $500,000 gift supporting construction of a hands-on, simulation learning center for a variety of medical techniques, ranging from surgery to patient examinations.
The $5.82 million facility – The [...]

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Mommy and Me Postnatal Yoga
HealthSteps is an award-winning health education and prevention program
for adults that focuses on the whole person – body, mind, and spirit.
HealthSteps offers a wide range of classes with the core membership fee as
well as a variety of specialty classes
This special workshop is a great way to reconnect with and strengthen your
body [...]

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PROMOTING ITS GO GREEN PROGRAM, ST. VINCENT’S WILL END THE SALE OF THROWAWAY PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES
Bridgeport – St. Vincent’s Medical Center announced it will no longer sell water in plastic bottles due to its commitment to Go Green.
The hospital had been selling approximately 350,000 bottles of water in plastic bottles each year. To underscore the [...]

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Health Care Sector to Benefit from OpenCape
$32 Million NTIA Broadband Grant to Achieve Meaningful Use
Sandwich MA – Officials of the non-profit OpenCape Corporation announced
they will receive $32 million in federal funding as part of the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP). With $8 million dollars in matching funds from state and [...]

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Two North Country Nurses Share Their Thoughts about Haiti and the Earthquake
NEWPORT – The earthquake that rocked Haiti on January 12 wasn’t physically felt in Orleans County, but physiological aftershocks were felt when the media brought the pain and horror into our homes.  “People who work at North Country do so because they have an [...]

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Westerly Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Applications Being Accepted
WESTERLY, RI-The Westerly Hospital Auxiliary is currently accepting applications for Westerly Hospital Auxiliary Scholarships.  A total of four $1,000 scholarships will be awarded, as well one Mary C. Pucci Foundation Scholarship in the amount of $1,000.
The scholarship was established in 1973 in order to provide scholarship assistance to individuals [...]

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