Claudia Chiappa
Labor unrest simmers at hospitals
Health care workers across the state are grappling with a mix of low pay and poor working conditions that is driving colleagues away from...
5 compassion centers licensed to sell adult use marijuana starting Dec....
PROVIDENCE – Five licensed medical marijuana compassion centers have received hybrid retail licenses from the state and will be allowed to sell adult use...
CharterCARE Health Partners to be sold to Atlanta-based nonprofit
PROVIDENCE – Atlanta-based The Centurion Foundation is set to acquire the CharterCARE Health Partners system and turn it into a nonprofit again.
The nonprofit Centurion...
Five Questions With: Melissa Cummings
Melissa Cummings is the executive vice president and chief customer officer at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island. She discusses Blue Cross’ Medicare...
R.I. leaders address staffing concerns and overcrowding in emergency rooms
PROVIDENCE – As hospitals continue to grapple with a spike in respiratory viruses and overcrowded emergency rooms, state health officials and hospital leaders are...
Healthy Héroes wellness program expands in 2023
PROVIDENCE – Healthy Héroes, an after-school program designed to help children and their families develop healthy exercise and nutrition habits, is expanding to more...
Sturdy Memorial Hospital to launch app to support nurses
ATTLEBORO – Sturdy Memorial Hospital has partnered with Elemeno Health, a California-based software company, to launch a team empowerment app to support nurses.
The new...
John Fernandez named Lifespan’s new CEO
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. has named John Fernandez, current president of Mass Eye and Ear and Mass General Brigham Integrated Care, its next CEO...
Surge in respiratory viruses is stretching hospital’s resources
PROVIDENCE – An unprecedented rise in respiratory viruses this season is stretching resources at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, where wait times in the emergency room...
CVS pharmacists now allowed to prescribe antiviral treatment against COVID-19
WOONSOCKET – Pharmacists at more than 9,000 CVS Pharmacy locations can now prescribe Paxlovid, the antiviral treatment against COVID-19, in the first program of...
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