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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...
TECH TALK: Ana Novais, second from right, assistant secretary of the R.I. Executive Office of Health and Human Services, speaks at Providence Business News’ Fall Health Care Summit during a panel discussion on the role of technology and innovation in health care, as well as about health care workforce development and education. Also on the panel are, from left, Cara Sammartino, Johnson & Wales University health science department chair and professor; Aidan Petrie, managing partner of New England Medical Innovation Center; and Linda Hurley, CEO and president of CODAC Inc. 
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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...
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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...
EMPOWERING YOUTHS: Sarah McNeill, pictured at her North Kingstown location, launched McNeill Children’s Institute in Middletown in July 2020 to help children and young adults with ADHD, dyslexia, autism and other conditions.  
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ELIZABETH GRAHAM

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...
MAKING HIS POINT: John Fernandez, far left, CEO and president of Brown University Health, speaks during Providence Business News’ Fall Health Care Summit on Oct. 24. Also participating in one of the panel discussions are, from left, Sen. Pamela J. Lauria, who is also a nurse practitioner; R.I Health Insurance Commissioner Cory King; Dr. Raj Hazarika, chief medical officer for commercial products at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a Point32Health company; and Dr. Michael Wagner, CEO and president of Care New England Health System. Moderating is PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing. 
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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...
Diana Franchitto

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...
DEEP DIVE: Dr. James Cardi and Donna Zaken are the founders of ­Cardi Aesthetics & Wellness in Cranston, the state’s first functional medicine practice, which is focused on getting to the root causes of aging. 
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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...
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