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2019 Business Excellence Awards Winner Video

Corporate Citizenship Award Video https://youtu.be/ZiSir70Y52k Business Leadership Award Video https://youtu.be/ShqlfVvcdds Community Involvement - Lifespan https://youtu.be/Kzzxi6rBw4M Excellence at a Large Company - Brown University's Carney Institute for Brain Science https://youtu.be/lHnEfRdXhYc Excellence at a...

Cutting-Edge Cars in a Game-Changing Dealership

While auto dealers will still check your oil, they may be doing it without ever touching a dipstick. In fact, your local Volvo specialist...

Data alone no help to patients

Health care providers and insurers have access to more information on costs, pricing and quality of services than they sometimes know how to share...
PRICE TRANSPARENCY: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island CEO and President Kim A. Keck, center, says while most insurers have tools to share cost information and pass them along to members and providers, price distributions aren’t widely used because when patients have a health issue that needs to be addressed, they aren’t likely to cost-compare and shop for services. Keck is flanked by, from left: UnitedHealthcare of New England CEO Stephen Farrell; R.I. Health Commissioner Marie L. Ganim; Coastal Medical CEO and President Dr. Alan Kurose; and Rhode Island Foundation CEO and President Neil D. Steinberg. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Complexities of price transparency in health care makes it an elusive goal

Prices attached to health care services and products need to be more transparent, according to panelists at the Providence Business News 2019 Fall Health...
NOT LIABLE: Bryant University Physician Assistant Program founder and Director Robert Jay Amrien, left, a panelist at the PBN Fall Health Care Summit, says a new law declaring that a physician assistant may be considered a primary care provider means a physician would not be considered liable for the actions of a physician assistant. Next to Amrien, from left, are panelists Maria Ducharme, chief nursing officer and senior vice president of patient care services at The Miriam Hospital; Care New England CEO Dr. James E. Fanale; and James Rajotte, chief of the Center for Health Promotion in the Division of Community Health and Equity at the R.I. Department of Health. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Physician assistants, nurse practitioners may play big role in future of primary care

Rhode Island is facing a shortage of primary care physicians, but increasing the roles of physician assistants and nurse practitioners might ease the problem,...

PBN Business Excellence Awards 2019 special section

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Brewster Thornton Group Architects Promotes Christine M. Shea to Associate

The team at BTGA would like to announce the promotion of Christine M. Shea to Associate within our firm. Christine has been with BTGA...

A Turf Farmer That Never Stops Growing

When it comes to making your business smarter, sometimes it pays to talk to your dad. For Kingston Turf Farms, a multi-generational turf grower in...

Discover Newport Welcomes New Destination Expert Pam Blauvelt

Discover Newport, the official destination marketing organization for Newport and Bristol Counties, has hired Pam Blauvelt as a Destination Expert focusing on the group...

BankNewport Announces Loan Officer Appointment

BankNewport is pleased to announce that Karen R. Vebber, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, has been appointed vice president, residential loan officer. She will be...