Jacquelyn Voghel
Report: R.I. healthcare spending reached historic high in 2024
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island healthcare spending surged to a historic high of 9.1% in 2024, according to a new report from the R.I. Office...
Union reports higher wages, reduced workplace violence and turnover rates year...
PROVIDENCE – One year after hundreds of Butler Hospital employees went on strike, the Service Employees International Union 1199 New England reports that wages have improved...
Justice Assistance, CareLink partnership to provide free dental services to criminal...
CRANSTON – Individuals impacted by the criminal legal system can access free dental services this summer through a partnership between the nonprofit groups Justice Assistance and CareLink.
Eligible Justice Assistance...
Newport Hospital birthing center advocate wins Community Hero Award
NEWPORT – Healthcare access nonprofit Primary Care for All Americans has recognized Cassie Voll with a 2026 Community Hero Award for her efforts to save Newport Hospital’s Noreen Stonor Drexel...
3 R.I. Hospitals earn ‘A’ grade in spring 2026 Leapfrog ratings
PROVIDENCE – Three out of nine Rhode Island hospitals received an “A” grade in The Leapfrog Group's Spring 2026 Hospital Safety Grade State Rankings.
The national nonprofit gave...
North Kingstown RelaDyne workers join Teamsters union
NORTH KINGSTOWN – A group of workers at Rhode Island's RelaDyne Transportation location – previously the locally-owned Ocean State Oil – have formed a...
State health office, Thrive dispute Medicaid billing status
WARWICK – The R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services and Thrive Behavioral Health are again butting heads, with the EOHHS alleging that...
HopeHealth, URI College of Nursing partner on new hospice training program
PROVIDENCE – A partnership between the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing and HopeHealth will provide students with new clinical, training, research and professional opportunities in hospice and...
RIDOH issues second statewide overdose spike alert of 2026
PROVIDENCE – Sixty-one people throughout Rhode Island were treated for nonfatal overdoses in Ocean State emergency departments in early May, prompting the R.I. Department of...
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America to hold free educational conference in Providence
PROVIDENCE – The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America will host a free educational conference next month open to anyone impacted by Alzheimer’s disease or interested in brain health.
The local...
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