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PUBLIC TRAINING: A group of Mental Health First Aid trainers for Lifespan Corp. discusses strategies for helping the public identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness. From left, Katherine Desjarlais, milieu associate at Lifespan, and Kimberly LaFountain, behavioral education development specialist at Bradley Hospital. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Communities implement MHFA training to address mental distress

Mental Health First Aid, a training program created in Australia in 2001 by Betty Kitchener, a nurse specializing in health education, and ­Anthony Jorm,...
SURPLUS: With most Rhode Island hospitals experiencing a decline in patients since 2006, and falling demand for inpatient services, the state has a surplus of hospital beds. Shown above is a patient room from The Miriam Hospital in Providence. / COURTESY ­LIFESPAN CORP.

Hospital demand falls, industry groups differ on whether to embrace trend

Officials and an expert analysis agree Rhode Island has a hospital-bed surplus coupled with a trend toward diminishing demand for inpatient services, but local...
BRADLEY HOSPITAL offers a course teaching mental health first aid. The next round of classes will be held Dec. 21-22. / COURTESY LIFESPAN CORP.

Bradley Hospital offers course in mental health first aid

EAST PROVIDENCE – About one in five adults in the United States experiences mental illness, and less than half of those people seek help,...
BROWN UNIVERSITY'S Humanity-Centered Robotics Initiative is partnering with Hasbro to add artificial intelligence to the toy maker's Joy For All Companion Pets interactive toy cats and dogs to help senior citizens with medication reminders and other tasks. / COURTESY HASBRO INC.

NSF grant funds Hasbro-Brown robot-pet program to benefit elders

PROVIDENCE – A National Science Foundation grant of $1 million will fund work by Brown University’s Humanity-Centered Robotics Initiative to design a smart-robot animal...
MORE THAN 250 guests attended Bradley Hospital’s Bravo Bradley Gala “Putting on the Glitz,” which raised $477,200 in support of the hospital’s pediatric mental health care, education and research. Pictured are, from left, Sandy Stamoulis, RN, with former R.I. Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch and his wife, Cynthia Stern Lynch. /COURTESY AL WEEMS PHOTOGRAPHY

Bradley Hospital raises $477K at annual gala

EAST PROVIDENCE – More than 250 guests attended Bradley Hospital’s Bravo Bradley Gala “Putting on the Glitz,” which raised $477,200 in support of the...
NEIL D. STEINBERG speaks at the Rhode Island Foundation's annual meeting in 2015./ COURTESY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION.

Rhode Island Foundation awards $400K in medical research grants

PROVIDENCE - Seventeen Rhode Island medical research projects will share nearly $400,000 in seed funding from the Rhode Island Foundation, the organization announced Tuesday. Together...
ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER is one of four Rhode Island hospital that received an A grade in the Leapfrog patient safety report for the spring of 2017.

Four R.I. hospitals receive A grades in Leapfrog safety grade report

Four out of nine Rhode Island hospitals received the highest grade of A in the Leapfrog Spring 2017 Hospital Safety Grade report released Wednesday. Leapfrog...
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