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Health Services

Chamber panel on benefits exchange voices unity

PROVIDENCE – A Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce forum, held on April 24, focused on implementation the R.I. Health Benefits Exchange and featured a...

South County explores merger with Westerly Hospital

WAKEFIELD – The board of trustees at South County Hospital is exploring the possibility of creating a combined health care delivery system for Washington...

Survey: NEIT ranks 5th nationwide for health care program

EAST GREENWICH – The New England Institute of Technology earned the No. 5 spot on the SR Education Group’s Guide to Healthcare School’s 2012. New...

Five Questions With Shirley Dexter

Shirley Dexter, 88, of North Scituate, was the first patient in Rhode Island to undergo a new procedure at Rhode Island Hospital, in which...

Oh honored for neonatology work

PROVIDENCE – Dr. William Oh of Barrington, former chief of pediatrics at Women & Infants Hospital, will receive the Maureen Andrews Mentorship Award from...

Drug take-back day scheduled for April 28

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is supporting an effort to help clear homes of potentially dangerous, expired, unused and...

Steward seeks more changes in legislation

PROVIDENCE – Despite winning approval by the Rhode Island Senate for legislative changes in the Hospital Conversions Act that would allow it to purchase...
A NEW LEAF has joined forces with The Providence Center to provide a supportive work environment for people with behavioral health problems as they transition back into the workplace. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE CENTER/ SARA SZEGLOWSKI

Providence Center, New Leaf join forces

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Center, Rhode Island’s largest behavioral health and recovery provider, has joined forces A New Leaf, a Providence florist with the...
BUTLER HOSPITAL hosted a ceremony to commence the building of its new $17 million, 49,000-square-foot Patient Care Center, depicted above. / COURTESY YODER & TIDWELL LTD.

Butler breaks ground on new Patient Care Center

PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital hosted a ceremony to commence the building of its new $17 million Patient Care Center on Tuesday. The new three-story, 49,000-square-foot...

Kent Hospital puts spotlight on drug overdoses, deaths

WARWICK – A spike in drug overdoses being treated at Kent Hospital –seven out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the past eight weeks have resulted in...
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