Parity seen lacking in mental, physical care
By law, mental or behavioral health and physical health should be treated with parity by insurers but Rhode Island lawmakers and insurance professionals say...
Nursing jobs at risk as hospitals merge
The future holds fewer, lower-paying hospital nursing jobs as health care consolidation progresses but growing demand for nursing skills outside hospitals presents promising opportunities,...
Nurse practitioners fill need for patients as primary care physicians decrease
Within the past decade, the number of nurse practitioners in Rhode Island has grown steadily, reflecting what is seen as a growing demand for...
SENEDIA boosting opportunities for vets
A U.S. Army and R.I. National Guard veteran, Johanna Bravo is now the senior logistician at Purvis Systems in Middletown thanks to a match...
Fishing apprenticeship program aimed at getting military veterans back to work
Veterans often face a host of challenges when returning to civilian life after military service.Among the biggest is entering and adjusting to the civilian...
3 R.I. companies receive perfect Corporate Equality Index scores for LGBTQ...
Four Rhode Island-based corporations were listed in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2018 Corporate Equality Index – a study that measures a corporation’s efforts...
Pinpoint fills need for interpreters
As Rhode Island’s population becomes more diverse, business and government entities are encountering more people who need goods and services but who have trouble...
R.I. needs bigger elder-care workforce
Geriatrics, like pediatrics, provides care for a specific demographic.But the care for older adults – unlike the care for children – does not attract...
Nursing Education Center provides advanced tech, simulations for students
The woman on the hospital bed looked distressed and unwell. Sent over with a diagnosis of pre-eclampsia, she was 36 weeks pregnant with her...
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