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KATHLEEN PEIRCE, vice president of operations, executive director and chief nursing officer at VNA of Care New England, has been named to the Visiting Nurse Associations of America board of directors. / COURTESY VNA OF CARE NEW ENGLAND

Peirce named to board of Visiting Nurse Associations of America

Health Services 04/02/2018

WARWICK – Kathleen Peirce, vice president of operations, executive director and chief nursing officer at VNA of Care New England, has been named to...

KELLY MCCARTHY, right, corporate director of memory care at LCB Senior Living in Norwood, Mass., served as the keynote address speaker at the Alzheimer's Association Caregiver's Journey conference two years ago. She is pictured with Jerome Morgan, who has Alzheimer's disease and attended the conference. / COURTESY ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION

Alzheimers’ Association to host Caregiver’s Journey conference

Health Services 04/02/2018

WARWICK – About 23,000 Rhode Islanders are living with Alzheimer’s disease, cared for by roughly 53,000 unpaid caregivers, whose quality of life will be...

SKEPTICS OF THE proposed CVS-Aetna merger are critical of the assertion that the average consumer will benefit from any of the combined company's anticipated cost savings. /BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER LEE

Skeptical voices gather against CVS-Aetna merger

Health Services 03/30/2018

WOONSOCKET — CVS Health Corp. and Aetna Inc. have billed their pending $67.5 billion merger as a force for positive change in the health...

DR. ELEFTHERIOS MYLONAKIS, left, and postdoctoral researcher Kiho Lee study a petri dish containing tiny worms used to test the effectiveness of potential new drugs to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria. / COURTESY LIFESPAN

R.I. Hospital-led team discovers new superbug-fighting antibiotics

Health Services 03/28/2018

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Eleftherios Mylonakis, chief of infectious diseases at Lifespan affiliates Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital, is the co-author of a...

CAREGIVERS FOR PEOPLE with dementia tend to provide more time-intensive and extensive assistance than caregivers of individuals without dementia, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. / COURTESY ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION

Report: Medicaid cost of Alzheimer’s reaches $438M in Rhode Island

Health Services 03/26/2018

PROVIDENCE – By 2050, the total cost of care for the 5.7 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease, 23,000 of them Rhode Island residents,...

MICHAEL ADAMOWICZ is the director of medication-assisted treatment at Thundermist Health Center. / COURTESY THUNDERMIST HEALTH CENTER

Five Questions With: Michael Adamowicz

Health Services 03/26/2018

Michael Adamowicz is the director of medication-assisted treatment services at Thundermist Health Center. He has 33 years of experience in treating patients with substance...

THE CARDIOTHORACIC INTENSIVE CARE nursing staff at Rhode Island Hospital has won a Silver Beacon Award from the American Association of Critical-Care Nursing.

R.I. Hospital cardiothoracic intensive care nurses earn Silver Beacon Award

Health Services 03/26/2018

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital’s cardiothoracic intensive care nursing staff was recently recognized by the American Association of Critical-Care Nursing with a Silver Beacon...

CVS CAREMARK, the pharmacy benefits manager segment of CVS Health Corp., has been accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance in utilization management.

CVS Caremark wins NCQA accreditation in utilization management

Health Services 03/26/2018

WOONSOCKET – CVS Caremark, the pharmacy benefits manager segment of CVS Health Corp., has been accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance in...

THE CARE TRANSFORMATION Collaborative of Rhode Island will host the State of Primary Care in Rhode Island summit on March 29 at the Providence Marriott Downtown in Providence.

Officials to discuss R.I. primary care during March 29 summit

Health Services 03/26/2018

PROVIDENCE – In last year’s Commonwealth Fund report, AIMING HIGHER: Results from the Commonwealth Fund Scorecard on State Health System Performance, Rhode Island ranked...