see Providence Medical Technology.

Providence is the capital and most populous city in the USA state of Rhode Island. Founded in 1636, it is one of the oldest cities in the United States

It is located in Providence County, and is the third-largest city in the New England region after Boston and Worcester. Providence has a city population of 179,154 and is part of the Providence metropolitan area with an estimated population of 1,604,291, exceeding that of Rhode Island by about 60%, as it extends into southern Massachusetts.

This can be considered in turn to be part of the Greater Boston commuting area, which contains 7.6 million people. The city is situated at the mouth of the Providence River, at the head of Narragansett Bay.

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center (Portland, Ore.). Providence St. Vincent Medical Center's Brain and Spine Institute is home to one of only 20 intraoperative MRI suites worldwide, which allow MRI equipment to be moved to the patient multiple times during surgery without sending the patient into a traditional MRI machine. The institute offers telestroke services to 19 hospitals in Oregon and Washington and is engaged in clinical research to treat neurological and spinal conditions, including multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and ALS. CareChex ranked its spinal surgery program 30th in the country.

Rhode Island Hospital

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