Women & Infants awards Unsung Hero honor
PROVIDENCE – A bilingual nurse at Women & Infants Hospital who, while in mid-air, helped a Spanish-speaking man having health issues, was recently recognized...
Chronic care initiative to expand
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Chronic Care Sustainability Initiative is seeking to expand the number of patients served by adding three additional participating practices.
The...
Community centers treated 43K in ’11 for dental care
PROVIDENCE – In 2011, Rhode Island’s community health centers treated 43,000 adults and children, providing nearly 120,000 dental visits and preventive services to low-income...
Dean of RIC’s School of Nursing attends conference
Jane Williams recently attended the White House’s Joining Forces event, held at the University of Pennsylvania. Williams, who is the dean of Rhode Island...
Funds sought to save anti-lead agency
PROVIDENCE – Faced with the loss of $594,000 in federal funds because of budget cuts, the Childhood Lead Action Project asked state government to...
Improving health care access
The Rhode Island Foundation on May 30 awarded $1.8 million to seven organizations from its Fund for a Healthy Rhode Island. Winners were chosen...
A corporate mentor, Shanley’s door always open
For a college student with little experience in the world of business, career networking with corporate executives can be an intimidating task.
Fortunately, at most...
Grief fueled Gemma’s passion promoting cancer awareness
When Maria Gemma officially stepped from behind the desk as property manager of her family’s real estate business in 2009, she firmly planted her...
Helping others a calling she always answers
Lavinia “Vinnie” Velazquez has spent a career in the human-services field working with the homeless who might have chronic mental-health issues, working with those...
Freedman strives for online security
Medical records, credit card data, your Social Security number – all that information is stored in computers. Passwords and firewalls protect that information, and...
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