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UNIVERSITY MEDICINE WAS named Business of the Year for 2017 by the East Providence Area Chamber of Commerce. Pictured, from left: Laura McNamara, executive director of the East Providence Area Chamber of Commerce; Dr. Angela M. Caliendo, vice president, director of general internal medicine at University Medicine; and Arthur Dwyer, chair of the East Providence Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors. / COURTESY NEWBERRY PUBLIC RELATIONS & MARKETING INC.

EPACC names University Medicine ‘Business of the Year’ for 2017

EAST PROVIDENCE – University Medicine, one of the largest nonprofit multispecialty medical groups in Rhode Island, has been named “Business of the Year” by...
DR. KRISTEN A. MATTESON was recently named director of the Division of Research for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island. / COURTESY WOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL

Five Questions With: Dr. Kristen A. Matteson

Dr. Kristen A. Matteson, of Barrington, recently named director of the Division of Research for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Warren Alpert Medical...
MARC SALOIS has been named chief revenue officer at Hooper Holmes Inc., provider of biometric examination services. / COURTESY HOOPER HOLMES

Hooper Holmes names Salois chief revenue officer

HOPKINTON – Hooper Holmes Inc., the largest provider of biometric examination services, has named Marc Salois, of Hopkinton, chief revenue officer of the Olathe,...
KEVIN SPLAINE has been named executive vice president of care integration and management at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island. / COURTESY BCBSRI

Splaine to lead BCBSRI care integration effort

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has named Kevin Splaine executive vice president of care integration and management, leading the...
RAY IANNUCCILLO, a pharmacist at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, has achieved advanced certification within the pharmacy profession. / COURTESY WOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL

Women & Infants pharmacists earn advanced certification

PROVIDENCE – Ray Iannuccillo, of North Providence, and Jennifer Smith, of Swansea, both pharmacists at Women & Infants Hospital, have recently achieved advanced certification...
PUBLIC TRAINING: A group of Mental Health First Aid trainers for Lifespan Corp. discusses strategies for helping the public identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness. From left, Katherine Desjarlais, milieu associate at Lifespan, and Kimberly LaFountain, behavioral education development specialist at Bradley Hospital. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Communities implement MHFA training to address mental distress

Mental Health First Aid, a training program created in Australia in 2001 by Betty Kitchener, a nurse specializing in health education, and ­Anthony Jorm,...
AN AUCTION OF VNA of Rhode Island's assets will take place online Jan. 23 – 25.

VNA of Rhode Island up for auction Jan. 23-25

WARWICK — VNA of Rhode Island, a 117-year-old home care and hospice organization that has been closed since Dec. 20, will have its assets...
R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott urges Rhode Islanders to consult their doctor before going to the hospital for flu treatment. / COURTESY RIDOH

RIDOH advises most to seek doctor’s visit, not hospital, for flu...

PROVIDENCE, RI — R.I. Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott is urging Rhode Islanders to consult their doctor before going to the hospital...
DR. ROXANNE VREES, medical director of emergency obstetrics and gynecology at Women & Infants, with the hospital's new Level 3 opioid treatment certification. / COURTESY WOMEN & INFANTS

Women & Infants’ emergency room earns Level 3 certification in opioid...

PROVIDENCE — Women & Infants Hospital’s Emergency Department has earned Level 3 Certification in opioid treatment, the first in the Levels of Care for Rhode...
HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER K. Joseph Shekarchi has introduced a bill to ensure mastectomy patients have insurance coverage for all costs related to their surgery. / COURTESY R.I. GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Shekarchi bill would ensure mastectomy patients have insurance coverage for all...

PROVIDENCE – House Majority Leader K. Joseph Shekarchi’s first order of business for the new legislative session is a bill he introduced at the...
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