Announcements

41 Physicians from Care New England Named Top Docs
Forty-one physicians at the Care New England hospitals – Butler Hospital, Kent Hospital, and Women & Infants Hospital – have been named to Rhode Island Monthly's 2012 list of Top Docs.The list appears in the May issue, now on newsstands. Details

Prenatal Meth Use Creates Behavior Problems
Dr. Linda Lagasse from Women & Infants' Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk has led a team whose research was published in today's Pediatrics. Details

Women & Infants Physician Honored for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Excellence
Betty R. Vohr, MD, director of Women & Infants Hospital's Neonatal Follow-Up Clinic and medical director of the Rhode Island Hearing Assessment Program, has been presented with the national Antonia Brancia Maxon Award for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Excellence. Details

Women & Infants Physical Therapist Receives National Award
Physical therapist Wendy Baltzer-Fox from Women & Infants' Women's Health Physical Therapy Services has been presented with the Elizabeth Noble Award from the American Physical Therapy Association. Details

Butler clinicians begin offering consults at Kent, Women & Infants
In a move highlighting collaboration across a health care system, three CNE hospitals are expanding a service to fill a need for mental health services in the region. After successfully piloting the concept at Women & Infants and Kent, Butler is expanding its Outpatient Psychiatric Consultation Program to physicians in the area who may have a patient needing a consult. Details

CEO Says "Transformational Changes" Needed in RI Health Care System
A commentary by Dennis D. Keefe, president and CEO of Care New England, discussing the need for transformational changes in Rhode Island's health care system, was recently published in the Providence Journal. Read more

Care New England Rejoins Hospital Association of Rhode Island
The Care New England Health System will rejoin the Hospital Association of Rhode Island (HARI), effective April 1, according to an announcement by Dennis D. Keefe, president and CEO of Care New England, and Edward Quinlan, president of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island. Details

Care New England Web Sites Transitioning to New Platform
While the CNE web sites are transitioning to a new platform, website visitors may experience errors or not be able to view certain pages. We apologize for any inconvenience and expect our sites to be fully operational within several days. Thank you for your patience as we work to provide a user-friendly and comprehensive online health care resource. Details

VNA Receives National Recognition
OSC HomeCare and DecisionHealth have announced its HomeCare Elite list of the top performing 25 percent of home health care agencies nationally. VNA of Care New England was named to this prestigious list. Details

CNE Representatives Selected for New Innovation Advisors Program
Congratulations to Nancy Roberts, president and CEO of the VNA of Care New England, and Dr. Betty Vohr, medical director of Women & Infants' Neonatal-Follow-Up Program in the Department of Pediatrics, on being selected to be part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Innovation Advisors Program. Details

Making New Year’s Resolutions Stick
If you no longer make New Year's resolutions because of past disappointments, do not despair. According to Laura Drury, MSW, LICSW, New Year's is a perfect time to make healthy resolutions, no matter what your experience has been. Learn more about making healthy resolutions for 2012. Details

Two Care New England Representatives Selected for New Innovation Advisors Program to Improve Care for Patients
Nancy Roberts, president and CEO of VNA of Care New England, and Dr. Betty Vohr, medical director of the Neonatal Follow-Up Clinic in the Department of Pediatrics at Women & Infants have been selected to be part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Innovation Advisors Program. Details