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SEN. JOSHUA MILLER, D-Cranston, is chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, a member of the Senate Committee on Environment & Agriculture and the Democratic caucus policy chair./ COURTESY WWW.JOSHUAMILLER.ORG

Five Questions With: Joshua Miller

Health Services 01/01/2018

Sen. Joshua Miller, D-Cranston, is chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, a member of the Senate Committee on Environment &...

MICHAEL LEAVITT WITH his wife and daughter after winning a Pride Go-Go scooter during the Mobility Equipment Recyclers of New England's 2017 Gift of Mobility event. / COURTESY MOBILITY EQUIPMENT RECYCLERS OF NEW ENGLAND

Mobility Equipment Recyclers donate devices during Gift of Mobility event

Health Services 01/01/2018

NORTH KINGSTON – Mobility Equipment Recyclers of New England hosted about 50 people for its fifth annual Gift of Mobility event on Dec. 16, donating...

Lifecycle Inc., a biking charity that raises funds to fight cancer, donated $5,000 to the Miriam Hospital for a clinical trial exploring improved treatment of glioblastoma, a deadly brain cancer. / COURTESY THE MIRIAM HOSPITAL

Lifecycle donates $5K to Miriam Hospital’s glioblastoma research

Health Services 01/01/2018

NORTH KINGSTON – Lifecycle Inc., a biking charity that raises funds to fight cancer, has donated $5,000 to the Miriam Hospital for a clinical...

WOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL has awarded three grants of approximately $25,000 from the Constance A. Howes Women’s Health Innovation Research Fund to researchers at the hospital. / COURTESY WOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL

Woman & Infants awards $25K grants to 3 hospital researchers

Health Services 01/01/2018

PROVIDENCE – Women & Infants Hospital has awarded three grants of about $25,000 from the Constance A. Howes Women’s Health Innovation Research Fund to...

CONDITIONS SET FOR APPROVING THE closure of Memorial Hospital's emergency department don't address the full loss of those services, Pawtucket officials say. / COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND

Pawtucket officials: RIDOH conditions won’t fully blunt loss of Memorial emergency...

Government 12/29/2017

PAWTUCKET — Pawtucket’s state senators say R.I. Department of Health’s conditions on Care New England’s closure of Memorial Hospital’s emergency department don’t fully address...

HSRI: Health insurance plan signup, payment due Dec. 31

Health Services 12/29/2017

PROVIDENCE — The number of health insurance enrollees through the state’s Affordable Care Act exchange, Health Source Rhode Island, has risen to 32,000, and...

BOLD MOVE: Lisa Bisaccia, executive vice president and chief human resources officer for CVS Health, was part of the leadership team behind the company’s unprecedented decision to stop selling tobacco products in its stores. / PBN PHOTO/ RUPERT WHITELEY

‘Apprenticeships [are a] powerful tool for job growth’

Capital Goods 12/29/2017

Lisa Bisaccia, executive vice president and chief human resources officer for CVS Health, is responsible for the management of all human resources functions for...

Job Creators Q&A: Brad Waugh

In Their Own Words 12/29/2017

Brad Waugh | CEO, Life Wear Technologies Is Rhode Island a good place to grow jobs? Why? R.I. is a less-competitive market compared to the...

RIDOH has approved a reverse certificate of need to close emergency services at the site. / COURTESY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

RIDOH approves CNE closure of Memorial Hospital emergency department

Health Services 12/28/2017

PROVIDENCE — The R.I. Department of Health has approved Care New England’s reverse certificate of need application to close Memorial Hospital’s emergency department, leaving...