Rhode Island Hospital is a private, not-for-profit hospital located in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. A major trauma center for southeastern New England, the hospital is dedicated to being on the cutting edge of medicine and research. Rhode Island Hospital ranks 13th among independent hospitals that receive funding from the National Institutes of Health, with research awards of more than $27 million annually. Many of its physicians are recognized as leaders in their respective fields of cancer, cardiology, diabetes, orthopedics and minimally invasive surgery. The hospital’s pediatrics wing, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, has pioneered numerous procedures and is at the forefront of fetal surgery, orthopedics and pediatric neurosurgery. Rhode Island Hospital is a founding member of the Lifespan health system.
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History
Rhode Island Hospital was founded 1863. Local philanthropist and trustee, Henry J. Steere was instrumental in founding and funding the early hospital. In 1915 the hospital became the first in the region and third in the nation to have an EKG machine.[1]
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The hospital is the largest of the state's general acute care hospitals, and a tertiary care referral center, providing comprehensive health services for both adults and children. The facility is a 719-bed acute care hospital.
The Rhode Island Hospital provides comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic services to inpatients and outpatients, with particular expertise in cardiology, oncology, neurosciences and orthopedics, as well as pediatrics at its children's hospital Hasbro Children's Hospital. It is designated as the Level I Trauma Center for southeastern New England.
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Categories: Teaching hospitals in the United States | Hospitals in Rhode Island | 1863 establishments | Brown University
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