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Taryn Sylvia promoted to director of nursing at Grace Barker Health

WARREN – Grace Barker Health, a skilled nursing, short-term rehabilitation, assisted living and adult day health provider located in Warren, has promoted Taryn Sylvia...

Seagrave-Whittle of NHPRI celebrated as ‘community hero’ by Reach Out and...

PROVIDENCE – Reach Out and Read Rhode Island will honor Brenda Seagrave-Whittle, chief marketing officer of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, as a...

Lifespan, CNE lift universal masking policy

PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. announced Thursday its staff, patients and visitors are no longer required to wear masks in the health system's hospitals. The new...

Rhode Island Hospital enrolling participants for Alzheimer’s study

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital is enrolling participants for a new study that aims to use saliva and blood to detect early signs of...
HEALTH CONSCIOUS: A panel of health care sector leaders participates in a discussion at the Providence Business News' Health Care Summit and Health Care Heroes Awards on Thursday morning at the Providence Marriott Downtown. On the panel, from left, were Eric Swain, an executive at United Healthcare; Dr. Kirsten Hokeness, director of the School of Health and Behavioral Sciences at Bryant University; Dr. Claire Levesque, chief medical office of commercial products at Point32 Health; Peter Marino, CEO and president of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island; Dr. Methodius Tuuli, chief OB/GYN at Women & Infants Hospital; and Martha Wofford, CEO and president of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island. This was one of two panel discussions that took place at the summit. PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN health summit: Fixing R.I.’s ‘fragile’ system will require across-the-board collaboration

PROVIDENCE – With the national COVID-19 public health emergency set to end in May, health care providers and leaders in the state agree on...

Cranston Plan Commission gives initial approval for 130-unit housing development

CRANSTON – The Cranston Plan Commission has approved the master plan for a 130-unit, mixed-use development with self-storage space on the site of the...

Woods new Eleanor Slater Hospital CMO

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals announced on Tuesday that it has appointed Dr. Katharine Woods as its...

Segue Institute expanding to serve high school students

CENTRAL FALLS – The Segue Institute for Learning in Central Falls is planning to expand its education model to high school students in four...

R.I. attorney general files motion to intervene in Memorial Hospital foreclosure

PAWTUCKET – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha filed a motion on March 31 to intervene in the proposed development of the former Memorial Hospital...

Five Questions With: Matthew R. Trimble

Matthew R. Trimble is the CEO and president of Saint Elizabeth Community, a nonprofit organization that provides elder care services in Rhode Island. The...
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