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EXPECTANT MOTHERS and women battling postpartum depression can turn to art therapy, such as these collages being worked on by clinical social worker Jennifer Clyberg, left, and mother-to-be Sara Benn. /

Art curative in health care setting

A group of mothers battling postpartum depression worked through a range of painful, complicated emotions by expressing them in a mural that was recently...
CHARLTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, along with its sister hospitals in the Southcoast Hospital Group, are facing increased financial difficulties. /

Mass. reform may have large impact on Southcoast

Community hospitals in the Fall River and New Bedford areas are worried that Massachusetts’ health care reform could ultimately prove costly to them. And that,...

Health council asks rehab hospital for more details

The 40-bed specialty hospital proposed for the second floor of the Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island in North Smithfield would be the first Long...

Rhode Island among most depressed, least suicidal states

Rhode Island is one of the most emotionally depressed yet least suicidal states, according to a report released last week that links depression and...

Keep state’s eye on innovation ball

It’s understandable in the state’s current climate of fiscal crisis that all manner of public investment would be called into question. In the face...

R.I. must find own path in order to reform health care

As the health care reform discussion advances on many fronts in Rhode Island, there is increasing focus on the program in place to the...

U.S. Attorney applauds ethics changes <br> at Roger Williams Medical Center

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island and Roger Williams Medical Center have agreed to terminate the deferred prosecution...

R.I. Hospital fined $50,000 for wrong-site surgery

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health said today that it has issued a reprimand to Rhode Island Hospital and fined the facility $50,000...

Major study of long-term care starts

The National Institute on Aging has awarded $10 million to Brown University’s Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research to create a major national...
BRANDON MELTON, senior vice president of HR at Lifespan, says the labor shortage will only get worse. /

In work force development, collaboration seen as key

A year ago, leaders in Rhode Island’s health care sector and in work force development and education held a summit to tackle a major...
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