Wednesday, September 30, 2026

TOPICS

Home Authors Posts by Rob Borkowski

Rob Borkowski

895 POSTS 0 COMMENTS
BROWN UNIVERSITY researchers have won $12M to continue studying brain activity from the National Institutes of Health. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown researchers win $12M grant renewal to study how brains think

PROVIDENCE — Brown University’s Center for Central Nervous System Function, has received a $12 million grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health’s Centers of Biomedical...

Bloomberg visits ACI to learn about R.I.’s medication-assisted treatment program

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s national reputation for its innovative approach to curbing opioid-addiction deaths using medication-assisted treatment at the R.I. Department of Corrections attracted...

Five Questions With: Jim Nyberg

Jim Nyberg is the director of LeadingAge RI, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that represents nonprofit nursing homes, assisted-living residences, senior housing and adult day...

9 local home care facilities named to 2018 ABILITY HomeCare...

PROVIDENCE – Three Rhode Island home health care agencies and six in Bristol County, Mass., have been named to the 2018 HomeCare Elite list,...

Rhode to Health mobile unit to provide HIV/AIDS screening, outreach

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Health experts from the University of Rhode Island Academic Health Collaborative recently dedicated its new Rhode to Health mobile unit, a...

Southcoast Health adopts mobile app to improve surgical patient care

NEW BEDFORD – Southcoast Health is using the Trusted Patient Coach mobile app developed by Health Helm to help patients recovering from surgery after...

CCAP awarded $625K SAMHSA grant for substance abuse prevention

CRANSTON – CCAP’s Cranston Substance Abuse Prevention Task Force will continue operations for another five years thanks to a $625,000 grant from the U.S....
THUNDERMIST HEALTH Center shut down their electronic health system Thursday to deal with a ransomware attack. The center reports it opened for business as normal Friday with no compromised data. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORP.

Thundermist: Unsuccessful ransomware attack briefly shutters electronic health records

WOONSOCKET — Thundermist Health Center shut down their electronic health records system Thursday after employees discovered portions of the database were not accessible, which...
CARE NEW ENGLAND reported a $26.9 million loss in fiscal 2018, much of it associated with closing Memorial Hospital.

CNE reports $26.9M loss in fiscal ’18

PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System reported an operating loss of $26.9 million in fiscal 2018 on Thursday, an improvement on its fiscal...
HSRI reported there was 3,600 more people signed up for health care coverage through the exchange one month into open enrollment compared with the same period in 2017.

HSRI: Sign-ups for health care coverage outpace last year so far

PROVIDENCE — HealthSource RI, the state’s health insurance exchange, reports 31,000 people have signed up for health care coverage about a month into the...
- Featured Event -

Latest News