Rob Borkowski
Five Questions With: Dr. Steven Schechter
Dr. Steven Schechter, the interim chief of colorectal surgery for Lifespan Corp., is a board-certified colorectal surgeon at University Surgical Associates with special expertise in laparoscopic, minimally...
Women’s Resource Center warns teens against abusive dating
PROVIDENCE – The Women’s Resource Center in Warren is reminding teens during teen dating violence awareness month young people who find themselves in an...
HARI elects new board of trustees chair, vice chair
PROVIDENCE – The Hospital Association of Rhode Island has recently welcomed CharterCARE Health Partners CEO John J. Holiver as the newly elected chairman of...
Women & Infants Hospital staff awarded for excellence
PROVIDENCE – Women & Infants Hospital recently presented its annual customer excellence awards at the sixth annual Patient, Family, and Community Centered Care Summit,...
Care New England shows revenue growth, but reports $33.7M operating loss
PROVIDENCE – Care New England released its FY 2018 first quarter report Thursday, showing an operating loss of $33.7 million and a loss of...
West View earns LGBTQ Safe Zone certification
Effective relationships with doctors and care facilities require trust, which is difficult to come by for many in the LGBTQ community. But West View...
State making strides curbing opioid abuse
A 9 percent decline in opioid-overdose deaths during the first eight months of 2017 compared with the same period the previous year shows Rhode...
CDC: Flu Vaccine 59 percent effective for kids against most common...
PROVIDENCE — This year’s flu vaccine is 25 percent effective for all ages and more than 59 percent effective for children up to eight-years-old...
BCBS names area hospitals as Blue Distinction Centers
PROVIDENCE — The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has named several area hospitals as Blue Distinction Centers for five areas of specialty care as...
R.I. weathers intense flu season short Memorial Hospital’s emergency room
PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island hospitals are handling increased emergency calls during a flu season the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls “intense,” rivaling...
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