Program areas at Rhode Island Hospital
Patient Care:RIH is the State's largest hospital, and its only Level I trauma center and verified burn center. It provides a comprehensive range of diagnostic and therapeutic health care services to inpatients and outpatients. RIH has particular expertise in cancer, cardiology, diabetes, emergency medicine, neurosciences, orthopedics, and more. Hasbro Children's Hospital (HCH), RIH's pediatric division, is the region's premier provider of pediatric clinical care. HCH offers a broad spectrum of both routine care and specialty programs not available elsewhere and has the only pediatric emergency department, Level I trauma center, pediatric critical care teams, and 24-hour ambulance in the region. (Continued on Schedule O)
Research:RIH conducts extensive medical research and is in the forefront of biomedical health care delivery research and among the leaders nationally in the National Institutes of Health programs. RIH also sponsors a significant level of research activities. Federal support accounts for approximately 57% of all externally funded research at Lifespan. Researchers focus on basic research projects and clinical trials which investigate prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, obesity, cancer, diabetes, cardiac disease, neurological problems, orthopedic advancements, mental health concerns, and brain science. Included in the totals are $2.6 million of research grants from for-profit organizations that are not reported in Schedule H. (Continued on Schedule O)
Medical Education:RIH provides the setting for and substantially supports medical education in various clinical training and nursing programs. RIH is designated as the Principal Teaching Hospital of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. The total cost of direct medical education provided by RIH exceeded the reimbursement received from third-party payors by $120.9 million in fiscal year 2023. (Continued on Schedule O)