Publications of the Rhode Island Medical Society

Rhode Island Medical News is the official member newsletter of Rhode Island Medical Society. All members of the Society receive Rhode Island Medical News free of charge as a member benefit.

Editor
Newell E. Warde, PhD

Designer
Marianne Migliori

RIMN Archives
PDFs of back issues
Go to archives

To subscribe
Individual subscriptions are $40 per year. Institutional subscriptions are $80.

Contact: Sarah Stevens
Rhode Island Medical Society
235 Promendate Street, Suite 500
Providence RI 02908
401-331-3207, Fax 401-751-8050

About MHRI
Medicine & Health Rhode Island (MHRI or The Journal) is owned and published by the Rhode Island Medical Society. More than 2000 issues of MHRI are mailed each month to every member of the Rhode Island Medical Society, libraries, medical students, medical professionals and other subscribers. (The Journal is mailed 2nd class.) Certain issues of the Journal carry Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits.  Occasionally, these issues are mailed to every physician in Rhode Island, members and non-members.

MHRI is Rhode Island’s premier medical publication, published monthly by the Rhode Island Medical Society under the joint editorial sponsorship of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, the Rhode Island Department of Health and Quality Partners of Rhode Island.

The Journal is used by the Rhode Island Department of Health to disseminate information to all physicians in the State.

The Journal is about Rhode Island medicine, written and published by Rhode Island medical professionals.

The Journal, including all advertising, is displayed and archived on this website.

MHRI Archives
PDFs of back issues
Go to archives

Editor-in-chief
Joseph H. Friedman, MD

Managing editor
Joan M. Retsinas, PhD

Editor emeritus
Stanley M. Aronson, MD

Editorial board
Stanley M. Aronson, MD
John J. Cronan, MD
James P. Crowley, MD
John P. Fulton, PhD
Peter A. Hollmann, MD
Anthony Mega, MD
Marguerite A. Neill, MD
Frank J. Schaberg, Jr, MD
Lawrence W. Vernaglia, JD, MPH
Newell E. Warde, PhD

Contact: Cheryl Turcotte
Rhode Island Medical Society
235 Promenade Street, Suite 500
Providence, Rhode Island 02908
401-331-3207, Fax 401-751-8051

subscriptions
Single copies of the Journal are sold for $5.00. Individual subscriptions are available for $50.00 per year and institutional subscriptions are available for $100.00 per year.
To subscribe contact:

Sarah Stevens
Rhode Island Medical Society
235 Promendate Street, Suite 500
Providence RI 02908
401-331-3207

Advertising
All advertising is subject to the approval of Medicine & Health Rhode Island. The publisher reserves the right to reject any advertising at any time when it is determined to fall outside the standards of the Journal. The publisher cannot assume liability for content of advertising.

Rates and Dimensions
Medicine & Health Rhode Island is an 8.5 x 11 inch vertical layout publication, printed on an offset press. Four-color ad space is available only in the center spreads and inside back cover, for an additional cost as specified.
Rates and dimensions

Deadlines
Reservations must be placed no later than the 19th of the preceding month.
For example, by January 19 for the February issue.

Camera-ready art must be delivered no later than the 25th of the preceding month.
For example, January 25 for the February issue.

Complete a space reservation contract: Excel or PDF

Space contracts and ads should be emailed to Cheryl Turcotte or mailed to:

Rhode Island Medical Society
ATTN: Cheryl Turcotte
235 Promenade Street, Suite 500
Providence RI 02908

The Journal is in the mail between the 10th and 15th of each month.

File Types
Ads must be submitted as final art. The ideal document is a high-resolution PDF (450ppi or better – 300ppi absolute minimum) with all fonts and images embedded. For color ads it is best to have it in CMYK to cut down on the image shift. Alternate acceptable formats are high-resolution JPG and TIFF files.

Payment
The publisher requires prepayment of the first insertion of any new advertiser. All subsequent invoices are mailed along with an issue of the Journal. The publisher reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any advertisement when payment for any previous advertisement is more than 60 days overdue. 

Checks should be made payable to Rhode Island Medical Society and mailed to:

Rhode Island Medical Society
ATTN: Cheryl Turcotte
235 Promenade Street, Suite 500
Providence, Rhode Island 02908

Note: If an unpaid ad must be referred to a collection agency, the advertiser is responsible for all legal costs.

Extra Charges
Rates are for ads provided as final art only. If our production department must typeset and layout any ad, the advertiser will be responsible for the costs. The production department will provide estimated costs. Payment for extra charges must be received by the production department before the issue goes to print. Typesetting and layout are billed at a rate of $50.00 per hour.

Inserts/Specialized Advertisements
Inserts or special requests are priced individually. Advertisers with specialized advertising or marketing requests are asked to call Cheryl Turcotte at 401-331-3207.

Discounts
A 10% discount of gross billing is allowed to active Rhode Island Medical Society members.

Agencies placing ads for clients will receive a 15% agency discount. Ads must be submitted as final art.

submissions

Medicine & Health Rhode Island is a peer-reviewed publication, listed in the Index Medicus.
We welcome submissions in the following categories.

Contributions
Contributions report on an issue of interest to clinicians in Rhode Island: new research, treatment options, collaborative interventions, review of controversies.
Maximum length: 2500 words. Maximum number of references: 15.
Tables, charts and figures should be submitted as separate electronic files ( jpeg, tif, or pdf ).

Creative Clinician
Clinicians are invited to describe cases that defy textbook analysis. 
Maximum length: 1200 words. Maximum number of references: 6. 
Photographs, charts and figures may accompany the case.

Point of View
Readers share their perspective on any issue facing clinicians (e.g., ethics, health care policy, relationships with patients). Maximum length: 1200 words. 

Advances in Pharmacology
Authors discuss new treatments. Maximum length: 1200 words.

Advances in Laboratory Medicine
Authors discuss a new laboratory technique. Maximum length: 1200 words.

Images in Medicine
Authors submit an interesting image, with a 300–400 word explanation.

For the above articles:
Please submit an electronic version (Microsoft Word or Text) with the author's name, mailing address, phone, fax, email address, and clinical and/or academic positions to the managing editor:
Joan Retsinas, PhD
joan.retsinas@gmail.com
For additional information, phone 401-272-0422