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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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,...