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LEARNING ­OPPORTUNITY: Denise Coppa, center, University of Rhode Island College of Nursing professor and interim associate dean, supervises as nurse practitioner student Elizabeth Grieser, right, examines a patient at Rhode Island Hospital. 
COURTESY ­UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

New federal student loan rules remove nursing’s ‘professional’ status reclassify nursing

It’s no secret that Rhode Island hospitals, like many health care facilities throughout the U.S., have grappled with increasingly steep nurse shortages in recent...

Lists: College Technology Programs

Total technology undergrads: 8,375 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by MESJ Associates. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or...

Lists: Health Care Educators

Total health care students enrolled: 15,086 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by MESJ Associates. For information about participating in PBN’s Top...

Lists: Physician Group Practices

Total local physicians: 2,765 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. List researched by Mesj Associates. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or...

Lists: Rehabilitation, Physical & Occupational Therapy Centers

Total practitioners: 2,370 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections, call...
HANDIWORK: Tool maker Bobby Bianca operates a milling machine on the production floor at Warwick Hanger Co. in Westerly. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

MEET THE MAKERS: Westerly factory specializes in crucial, mostly concealed, construction...

(Editor’s note: This is the 41st installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s ­unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

R.I.’s hospital crisis could deepen

Federal health insurance cuts are poised to amplify dire financial problems at Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, observers say,...
QUIET FOR THE MOMENT: Gretchen Anderson, senior clinical director of ambulatory and outpatient behavioral health at Butler Hospital, stands at the desk outside the hospital’s Express Care walk-in clinic, catering to people in need of immediate mental health services. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS  

New ‘Express Care’ clinic bridges mental health gap

With outpatient mental health clinicians often having weekslong to monthslong waiting lists, people experiencing acute mental health difficulties often find that their only option...

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Lists: Chambers of Commerce

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