Health Services

PROVIDENCE – Four area home health care organizations have been honored by Strategic Healthcare Programs, a California-based performance improvement company. HopeHealth Visiting Nurse in Lincoln,...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island and Hasbro Children’s hospitals’ volunteers of the year were honored during surprise ceremonies in July. Alex Richard, of Cranston, is this...

PROVIDENCE – Nursing home staff workers that had committed to an Aug. 5 strike date said they will postpone their strike after receiving a...

PROVIDENCE – In rankings released by the Lown Institute last week, Lifespan Corp. was included in the top 10 hospital systems in the country.  Lifespan,...

COVID-19 has led to a boom in telehealth, with some health care facilities seeing an increase in its use by as much as 8,000%. This...

PROVIDENCE – Brown University researchers have found that expanded access to medications for opioid use disorder in prisons and jails can reduce overdose deaths...

PROVIDENCE – A number of Rhode Island legislators and community organizations signaled their support on Thursday morning for nursing home workers' plans to strike...

PROVIDENCE – The Miriam Hospital was named the best hospital in Rhode Island and the Providence metropolitan area in U.S. News & World Report’s...

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has awarded Local Initiatives Support Corp. Rhode Island, a Providence-based social services nonprofit, a...

Lawrence Connell, a retired U.S. Army colonel, has assumed his new role as director of the Providence VA Medical Center on June 23. The...