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Brown University eyes razing 4 historic houses for new academic building

PROVIDENCE – Neighbors and historic preservation advocates have raised concerns over Brown University's plans to demolish four Brook Street homes to clear space for...

Care New England names Dr. Rachel E. Beard head of hepatobiliary and pancreas...

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Rachel E. Beard this month joined Care New England Health System as division chief of hepatobiliary and pancreas surgery. Beard, who specializes in...

RIDOH launches public health awareness campaign

PROVIDENCE – In recognition of National Public Health Week, the R.I. Department of Health last week launched a new campaign to broaden public awareness of resources...

Thrive Behavioral Health highlights legislative priorities at annual breakfast event

WARWICK – Thrive Behavioral Health’s legislative breakfast this year focused on Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, a strengthened behavioral health workforce, and continuing investments...

Kent Hospital to commence $97M expansion this month

WARWICK – Kent County Memorial Hospital will soon begin construction on a $97 million, 90,000-square-foot expansion that will create a new ambulatory building while...
FASTER ACTION: Dr. Ana Tuya Fulton, center, chief population health officer at Care New England Health System, says she’s thankful state leaders are working on longer-term solutions for its health care problems, but there needs to be some quick wins, too. Fulton is a panelist at Providence Business News’ Health Care Summit on April 2, along with state Sen. Pamela Lauria, a nurse practitioner, left, and Dr. Raj Hazarika, vice president and chief medical officer of commercial products at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of New England Inc. 
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Summit panelists: R.I. trying to chip away at the many health...

When primary care nurse practitioner and state Sen. Pamela Lauria, D-Bristol, sees patients with urgent symptoms, she finds that a potential medical emergency isn’t...
SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS: Joseph Trunzo, left, associate director of Bryant University’s School of Health and Behavioral Sciences, participates in a panel discussion at Providence Business News’ Health Care Summit at Providence Marriott Downtown on April 2. The panel talks about ways to deal with the state’s health care woes. Also on the panel are, from left, Dr. Christopher Ottiano, interim chief medical officer and medical director at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island; Linda Hurley, CODAC Inc. CEO and president; and Meghan Grady, Meals on Wheels of RI Inc. executive director. 
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Health care panel: Team approach needed to make system fixes

It doesn’t take a clinical degree to diagnose why Rhode Island has difficulty retaining health care providers who completed their education in the Ocean...
LAB WORK: Kaitlin Dailey, left, a University of Rhode Island assistant professor, monitors technician Victoria Coulter, a 2025 pharmaceutical sciences graduate, on URI’s South Kingstown campus. 
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URI pharmacy enrollment rebounds after decline

When Kerry LaPlante decided to become a pharmacist, the opportunity to play a direct, accessible role in community health care served as a major...

Saint Anne’s Hospital completes pioneering procedure for high blood pressure

FALL RIVER – Two doctors at Saint Anne’s Hospital recently became the first in southeastern Massachusetts to perform a pioneering procedure for patients with uncontrolled hypertension. The procedure, a renal denervation, targets overactive...

Butler Hospital receives $1M donation toward brain stimulation therapies

PROVIDENCE – A $1 million donation will support new approaches to managing treatment-resistant depression and other mental health disorders in Butler Hospital's Brain Research...
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