Providence City Council approves PILOT agreement with Brown University Health
PROVIDENCE – The City Council on Thursday approved a $1.5 million three-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement with Brown University Health, formerly Lifespan Corp., closing the books...
Groden Center employees ratify contract for wage increases
PROVIDENCE – Caregivers at The Groden Center ratified a contract with their employer Thursday – the same day a strike was planned – after...
PBN summit: Does tech such as AI need more oversight in...
A device is in the works that can monitor when a patient administered their asthma inhaler, whether they used it at the correct time...
Five Questions With: Dr. Kleckner Charles
Dr. Kleckner Charles | CEO, Thrive Behavioral Health
1. What are your immediate goals as Thrive Behavioral Health’s new CEO? My immediate goals center...
Helping kids with disabilities reach their full potential
The direction of Sarah McNeill’s life emerged like a blueprint early on.
“When I was growing up, we didn’t have technology like cellphones. I played...
PBN summit panel: Weaknesses exposed in R.I.’s primary care system
Sen. Pamela J. Lauria, D-Barrington, says she could easily make the drive from her home in Barrington to Massachusetts and make much more money...
Alarms sounded on health care crisis
In August, Attorney General Peter F. Neronha publicly renewed his calls for broad health care reforms.
“We have a system that is broken,” he said...
The troubling rise of for-profit hospice care
We have grown numb to headlines about inadequate care and the challenges in our health care system. Patients and communities are forced to suffer...
Helping patients improve from the inside out
Donna Zaken is well versed in functional medicine, which is an approach focused on finding the root causes of symptoms and diseases. But as...
CVS names former UnitedHealthcare CEO new leader of Aetna
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. named a new leader of Aetna Inc. Wednesday amid reports the company is considering splitting its retail pharmacy and...