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DR. ELEFTHERIOS MYLONAKIS, chief of infectious diseases at Rhode Island Hospital, is researching new drugs to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria. / COURTESY LIFESPAN

Five Questions With: Dr. Eleftherios Mylonakis

Dr. Eleftherios Mylonakis is chief of infectious diseases at Lifespan Corp. affiliate Rhode Island Hospital. He is also the Charles C.J. Carpenter professor of infectious...
THE YOUR BLUE STORE location in East Providence. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island offers on-site nurse case managers at its Your Blue Store locations in East Providence, Warwick and Lincoln. / COURTESY BCBSRI

BCBSRI offers on-site nurse case managers at Your Blue Store sites

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island now offers full-time on-site nurse case managers at each of its Your Blue Store...
DR. TIM CAVANAUGH, a nationally recognized leader in LGBTQ health, will care for LGBTQ patients at Thundermist’s Woonsocket site. He will also teach colleagues about health concerns LGBTQ patients face. / COURTESY THUNDERMIST HEALTH CENTER

LGBTQ health expert joins Thundermist Health Center in Woonsocket

WOONSOCKET – Dr. Tim Cavanaugh, a nationally recognized leader in LGBTQ health, joined Thundermist Health Center as a family medicine provider, which will improve...
RHODE ISLAND COLLECTED more than 3,000 pounds of unused, discarded prescriptions during National Drug Take-Back Day on April 28. / COURTESY DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

R.I. nets 3K lbs. of surplus prescriptions for National Drug Take-Back...

PROVIDENCE – The Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division collected 44 tons of expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs at 580 collection sites...
CARE NEW ENGLAND reported fewer losses in the second quarter of fiscal 2018 following the closure of Memorial Hospital.

CNE touts turnaround with $4.4M operational gain without Memorial

PROVIDENCE – Care New England’s fiscal 2018 second-quarter report shows a $7 million operating loss including the shuttered, financially troubled Memorial Hospital of Rhode...
ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY students working with the RIDOH Academic Center present research to the Bristol Health Equity Zone. A new partnership between RWU and the R.I. Department of Health will partner students and health officials on health research and hands-on teaching in the university's public health degree program. / COURTESY RWU

RWU, RIDOH partnership aids health education, research

BRISTOL – Roger Williams University’s growing public health program is getting a boost from a new partnership with the R.I. Department of Health that will...
STEWARD HEALTHCARE's 2013 lawsuit against Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, alleging a conspiracy with Thundermist Health Center and Lifespan to prevent the Massachusetts hospital system from entering the Rhode Island market by buying Landmark Medical Center, is going to trial. /PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Steward suit alleging BCBSRI conspiracy to block Landmark sale proceeding

PROVIDENCE — Steward Healthcare’s 2013 lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue & Shield of Rhode Island alleging a conspiracy with Thundermist Health Center and Lifespan...
GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO recently signed an executive order at Thundermist Health Center calling for equitable access to behavioral health care. / COURTESY THUNDERMIST HEALTH CENTER

Raimondo’s executive order calls for equitable access to behavioral health

WOONSOCKET – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo signed an executive order Friday at Thundermist Health Center calling for access to behavioral health care at a...
PAULA GRAMMAS is the executive director of the George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rhode Island. / COURTESY KATHLEEN DOOHER

Five Questions With: Paula Grammas

Paula Grammas, executive director of the George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rhode Island and a Thomas M. Ryan...
CADENCE WAS VOTED recipient of the 2017 Leadership in MedTech Award for Contract Manufacturing by readers of Medical Design & Outsourcing magazine. / COURTESY CADENCE

Cadence wins 2017 Leadership in MedTech Award for contract manufacturing

CRANSTON – Cadence Inc., a medical-device and specialty industrial manufacturer based in Staunton, Va., with a location on Plainfield Pike in Cranston, has been...
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