News from Lifespan

Hospital’s Red Hot Mamas Schedules Presentation on Aging Skin

Wed, 3 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT

Everyone wants to look young and healthy for as long as possible, and new information about how to optimize skin care is available to all of us. Newport Hospital’s Red Hot Mamas will host Carla M. Evans, RNP, of Newport Dermatology for “Aging Gracefully: Love the skin you’re in.”

Join us on Wednesday, April 17, at 6 p.m. at Newport Hospital, from the Powel Avenue entrance, and learn how to improve the look of your skin and maintain a youthful appearance.

Light refreshments will be served.

Newport Hospital is the only Red Hot Mamas site in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. The program is free, but space is limited. Please call 845-1551 or email nboninkellogg@lifespan.org to reserve a place.

Lifespan Takes Major Step to Transform Health Care Delivery

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDT

Selects Epic Systems technology platform for its patient-centric approach

Lifespan Opens Ambulatory Care Centers in East Providence and East Greenwich

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST

Focus of new centers is to make care more convenient for patients

Lifespan Launches Accountable Coordinated Care Organization with UnitedHealthcare

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST

Accountable coordinated care organization is the first of its kind in Rhode Island, combines innovative performance payment incentives with advanced analytics to improve care and outcomes for patients

Newport Hospital Sponsors Pell Bridge Run

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST

Newport Hospital is the principal sponsor of the 2012 Citizens Bank Pell Bridge Run scheduled for Sunday, November 11. The hospital is sponsoring the race to promote health and wellness among youth and families of Newport County. The four-mile run/walk begins on the Jamestown side of the bridge at 6:30 a.m. and ends in downtown Newport. The unique location and spectacular views makes this event an especially attractive opportunity for both runners and walkers. Proceeds from the run will support several Rhode Island charities, including the Newport County YMCA and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center.

Funding for the sponsorship is made possible by the Frederick Henry Prince Memorial Fund at Newport Hospital. The fund is a gift from the Frederick Henry Prince 1932 Trust, conferred to Newport Hospital by Elizabeth Prince of Newport and her children, Diana Oehrli, Guillaume de Ramel, and Regis de Ramel. The fund supports the hospital’s mission to improve the health status of all the residents Newport County by making grants to entrepreneurial and innovative individuals and programs that encourage participation in athletic activities, combat the use of alcohol and drugs, and promote emotional and psychological well-being among youth and families.

Last year the fund provided grants to eight deserving programs across Newport County and is now accepting applications for funding for 2013. To apply for a grant or for further information, go to www.fhprincememorialfund.org. An advisory committee, chaired by Guillaume de Ramel, with committee members Lori Allan, RN; Jane Beezer; Gus Cordeiro; Patricia Kidder; and Roger Warburton evaluate the proposals and recommend grant awards to the Newport Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees.

Lifespan Updates Governance Structure, Names New Board Members

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST

Structure streamlines separate boards into a single entity

Newport Hospital Birthing Center Offers National Infant Abuse Prevention Program

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST

Newport Hospital this month began offering a new program from the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome. The program, called the Period of PURPLE Crying, is provided to help parents understand the crying of healthy, full-term newborns.

Shaken baby syndrome is an all-too-common result of parental frustration with a baby’s crying. The new program offers an opportunity for parents to learn about babies’ crying characteristics from more than 25 years of research on infant crying conducted worldwide. The program is designed and approved by pediatricians, public health nurses, child development experts, and parents.

While the program is being implemented in birthing centers around the country, Newport Hospital is the first in Rhode Island to offer it. For more information, call the hospital’s birthing center at 845-1110.

Newport Hospital named Breast Imaging Center of Excellence

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST

Newport Hospital has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology.

The designation indicates that the hospital is fully accredited in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound and ultrasound-guided biopsy.Peer-review evaluations, conducted in each breast imaging modality by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field, have determined that Newport Hospital has achieved high practice standards in image quality, personnel qualifications, facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs.

Hospital president and CEO August B. Cordeiro says he is proud of the radiologists and staff involved. “This achievement makes Newport Hospital a full-service breast health center,” he says. “The designation, along with our ongoing accreditations for mammography and breast MRI, shows that women can feel confident in our capabilities for breast cancer screening, diagnosis, image-guided biopsy, pre-op planning, and long-term follow-up.”

Three Lifespan Hospitals Recognized As Top Hospitals In Rhode Island And Southeastern Mass. By U.S. News & World Report

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:00:00 EST

The Miriam Hospital ranked No. 1, Rhode Island Hospital No. 2 and Newport Hospital No. 4

Bradley Hospital and Newport Hospital Receive Grants For New Children’s Mental Health Program and Expanded Interventional Radiology Services

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EST

Bradley Hospital and Newport Hospital have received grants totaling $250,000 from the Van Beuren Charitable Foundation, a Rhode Island-based grantmaking organization dedicated to protecting and preserving the unique characteristics of Newport County and improving the quality of life for its residents.

The $150,000 awarded to Bradley Hospital will be used to enhance outpatient child mental health services in Newport County through a joint program of Bradley Hospital and Newport Hospital. The $100,000 received by Newport Hospital will support the hospital’s interventional radiology program.

As part of the award to Bradley Hospital, the grant will allow the hospital to bring a child psychiatrist, psychologist and assorted outpatient services to Newport Hospital this fall as an extension of Bradley Hospital. Newport Hospital recognized a greater need for pediatric mental health care in the local community and created this partnership with Bradley Hospital.

The goal of the partnership is to eventually offer a full range of outpatient programs for children in Newport Country, so that they can receive the treatment they need close to home and possibly avoid the need for hospitalization.

Through its $100,000 grant, Newport Hospital will expand interventional radiology services, with the goal of providing minimally invasive procedures through image-guided technology for treatment of blood clots, blocked vessels, tumors, and other problems.

This expansion constitutes a nearly $2 million project. The Van Beuren grant actually adds $150,000 to the program fundraising, because it comes during a timeframe that allows it to be counted as part of a challenge grant from the Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust. That challenge period ends on June 30, and this grant brings the amount raised to within $50,000 of the challenge.

Together, the Bradley Hospital and Newport Hospital grants from the Van Beuren Charitable Foundation create services in Newport County that will benefit countless children and adults who live locally.

Timothy J. Babineau, MD, Appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Lifespan

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EST

On Thursday evening, June 21, 2012, at a special meeting of the Lifespan board of directors, the board voted to approve the nominee brought forth by a 13-member search committee for the next president and chief executive officer of Lifespan. The board voted unanimously to approve Timothy J. Babineau, MD, as the third president and chief executive officer of Lifespan, effective August 15, 2012.

Babineau, who is currently president and CEO of Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital, will succeed George A. Vecchione, who announced in October that he would be leaving Lifespan later this year after 13 years at the helm.

“These are unprecedented times of change in health care and we need a talented leader who has the vision and expertise to guide Lifespan’s future strategic direction,” said Scott Laurans, chairman of Lifespan’s board of directors. “All the candidates were exceptional and came from major academic medical centers in extremely competitive markets and several were physicians who had deep administrative experience.”

Laurans added, “I’m confident that we’ve chosen the best of the best in Dr. Babineau as the next president and CEO of Lifespan. Over the past four years, he has demonstrated that he is an intelligent, visionary and adroit leader. He is just that kind of leader we need. Dr. Babineau will guide the system’s strategic direction, build upon its already strong quality and safety program, and continue to focus on system integration to provide our patients with the best possible care experience. He will continue to work toward a closer alignment with physicians in order to better meet the needs of patients and to provide the most effective and efficient use of each health care dollar.”

Babineau’s appointment comes after an extensive eight-month national search that was led by a 13-member search committee comprised of board members, physicians and representatives of higher education. The search committee gathered input from dozens of individuals including senior leaders, employees, physicians, board members, community leaders and other key stakeholders to identify the opportunities and challenges facing Lifespan, as well as the qualifications and leadership qualities for the next president.

Babineau became president and CEO of Rhode Island Hospital in October 2008. In 2010, Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital announced their intention to merge and since that time Babineau has served as president and CEO of both hospitals. In the past several years, Babineau has overseen the creation of The Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute at Rhode Island Hospital, the formation of the Lifespan Physician Group, and the combined Rhode Island Hospital/The Miriam Hospital Cardiovascular Institute and Total Joint Center.

Prior to his 2008 appointment, Babineau was the senior vice president and chief medical officer at the University of Maryland Medical Center and School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md., where he led the effort that resulted in the medical center being named one of Leapfrog’s Top 50 Hospitals in the country for patient safety and quality, in 2006 and again in 2007. Having brought to Lifespan a strong background in patient safety, Babineau has been instrumental in a number of safety and quality initiatives at Rhode Island and The Miriam hospitals.

Babineau also has broad administrative and academic experience -- he is a professor of surgery at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and was vice chairman of the division of surgery, surgical residency program director, director of the center for minimally invasive surgery at Boston Medical Center and surgeon-in-chief and medical director for the Boston Medical Center Surgical Associates at Quincy Medical Center. He has been a trustee for the University of Massachusetts and a member of its Audit and Finance Committee.

He has excelled throughout his career; most recently he was named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s 100 Physician Leaders of Hospitals and Health Systems.

More about Timothy Babineau, MD

Hospital Teaches How to Avoid, Recognize, and Treat Tick-Borne Illnesses

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EST

Tick-borne illnesses are very common in Rhode Island, and this year poses a particular threat because the winter was so mild.

Newport Hospital Announces Adult Partial Hospitalization Program

Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 EST

Newport Hospital is now offering a new behavioral health outpatient program.

Hospital to Offer New Rehabilitation Programs

Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 EST

Newport Hospital’s Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Center has completed renovations to its outpatient therapy space.

Hospital Now Offering Free Valet Parking

Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 EST

Newport Hospital is pleased to announce that valet parking is now available for hospital patients and visitors.