Rob Borkowski
Five Questions With: Roberta B. Merkle
Roberta B. Merkle is the executive vice president of strategic initiatives at St. Elizabeth Community, a nonprofit, nonsectarian charity providing care to older adults...
Addiction Policy Forum launches web resource to aid Rhode Islanders dealing...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health reports 323 people died of an overdose in 2016, with another 39 so far in 2018 –...
Women & Infants’ Russo named to 3 medical genetics organizations
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Melissa Russo, a maternal-fetal medicine and clinical genetics specialist in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Women & Infants Hospital of...
BCBSRI: Addiction recovery better at home
PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is working to change common opinion that recovery must happen at far-away locales, sharing...
Rhode Island Foundation awards $338K to medical research projects
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded $338,000 to 16 medical research projects, seed money that will allow researchers at Brown University, The Miriam...
UNAP rejects Lifespan’s reduced contract offer, union to strike Mon.-Thurs.
PROVIDENCE — United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5098 has voted to reject a new, $11 million smaller contract offer from Lifespan Corp. and...
Yellow fever vaccine shortage puts strain on Brown Medicine as only...
When the nation’s sole yellow-fever vaccine manufacturer paused production in April during a global outbreak, local travelers had one spot for shots, a recurring...
HSRI applying for reinsurance, sole proprietor access to employer market
PROVIDENCE — HealthSource RI is beginning work to apply for two 1332 waivers through the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services for a reinsurance...
Lifespan, UNAP prepare for strike at Rhode Island, Hasbro Children’s hospitals...
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. and United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5098 ended talks Tuesday afternoon without a resolution to their contract dispute, committing the...
Ocean State Healthcare names Charest new CEO and chief operating officer
PROVIDENCE – Richard R. Charest has been named CEO and chief operating officer of Ocean State Healthcare, the parent organization for Ocean State Urgent...
