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MEMBERS OF UNITED NURSES and Allied Professionals Local 5008 picketed Kent Hospital on Toll Gate Road Sept. 12, calling for terms equal to other workers and job security assurances. / COURTESY KENT HOSPITAL

UNAP members picket outside Kent Hospital, call for equal terms, job...

WARWICK - Members of United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5008 picketed outside Kent Hospital on Sept. 12, seeking equal terms between new and existing...
SEN. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, D-R.I., has backed Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his “Medicare for All” single-payer health care reform while continuing to explore a publicly operated health insurance option he co-sponsored in January with Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Al Franken, D-Minn. / COURTESY OFFICE OF U.S. SEN. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE

Whitehouse co-sponsors Sanders’ ‘Medicare for All’ single-payer health plan

PROVIDENCE - Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., has backed Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his “Medicare for All” single-payer health care reform while continuing to explore...
CARDIOLOGIST DR. ALBERT LIN has joined Southcoast Physicians Group. / COURTESY SOUTHCOAST HEALTH

Lin joins Southcoast Physicians Group

FAIRHAVEN – Cardiologist Dr. Albert Lin has joined the Southcoast Physicians Group. Lin obtained both his undergraduate and medical degree from Brown University, before completing...
AS COSTS RISE: A chart showing the total percentage of primary care spending of total health care spending. Actual figures are higher than the state mandate as a result of individual companies' investment beyond regulatory requirements. / COURTESY OHIC

Primary care investment slowed rising health care costs in R.I.

PROVIDENCE –  Annual check-ups and acute care for urgent illness don’t keep people healthy long-term, so Rhode Island’s Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner...
ASSISTING: Karin Rondeau, family nurse practitioner at the new Randall Square location of Providence Community Health Centers, talks with her medical assistants, Leslie Alvarez, left, and Celia Ortiz. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PCHC moves to larger facility to meet growing demand

Providence Community Health Centers Inc. has traded its Chad Brown Street location for a larger 1 Randall Square facility in Providence to meet growing...
THE HEALTH RESOURCES and Services Administration awarded $1,405,600 to eight health centers in Rhode Island to increase access to substance abuse and mental health services.

HRSA Gives $1.4M to 8 R.I. health centers to fight opioid...

WASHINGTON, D.C.- The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded a combined $1,405,600 to eight Rhode Island health centers to increase access to...
SOUTH COUNTY HEALTH and CharterCARE Health Partners have adopted standardized addiction and overdose treatment/ BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/KIYOSHIOTA

Three R.I. hospitals standardize addiction, overdose treatment

PROVIDENCE - Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force has recognized South County Health and CharterCARE Health Partners for adopting standardized addiction and...

Storti named head of Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council

WARWICK - Dr. Susan A. Storti, a healthcare administrator and addictive disorder treatment researcher, has been named president and CEO of the Substance Use...
WOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL presented Kathy Falaguerra, of Warwick, with the DAISY Award recognizing her diligent care for a newborn. / COURTESY WOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL

Women & Infants Presents Nurse With Daisy Award

PROVIDENCE -  Women & Infants Hospital presented Kathy Falaguerra of Warwick, a nurse on the Mother/Baby Unit, with the Daisy Award, in conjunction with the...
DENNIS KEEFE, CEO of Care New England announced he will retire at the end of the calendar year. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Care New England President, CEO Dennis D. Keefe announces retirement

PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System (CNE) President and CEO Dennis D. Keefe, will retire Dec. 31 after six years in the role,...
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