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SHIFTING GEARS: Brown University School of Public Health doctoral candidate Alison Weber says lawmakers in favor of extending Rhode Island’s paid family leave program from eight weeks to 12 should focus on expanding the definition of care from spouse and child to include grandchildren and siblings.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

TCI program family leave extended, but can workers afford to use...

Focus 08/16/2024

Employees in Rhode Island needing to care for a newborn or a seriously ill spouse or child will be getting more paid time off...

BCBSRI, Brown launch Rhode Island Voices

Health Services 08/09/2024

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and Brown University’s School of Public Health have partnered on an offshoot of the...

Blue Cross and Brown University to launch 6th RI Life Index...

Health Services 03/03/2024

PROVIDENCE – Beginning in early March, Rhode Islanders will once again be asked to participate in an annual telephone survey for the RI Life...

Brown launches resource to educate public about overdose prevention centers

Health Services 02/18/2024

PROVIDENCE – As Rhode Island is gearing up to open the country’s first state-authorized overdose prevention center, and with two publicly recognized programs in...

DR. RAJ HAZARIKA, chief medical officer for commercial products at Point32Health, third from left, speaks during one of two panel discussions at Providence Business News’ Fall 2023 Health Care Summit on Wednesday. Also on the panel is, from left, Dr. Michael Wagner, CEO and president of Care New England Health System; Dr. Scott Rivkees, professor at Brown University's School of Public Health; and John Fernandez, CEO and president of Lifespan Corp. Moderating at right is PBN Editor Michael Mello. PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit panelists: AI could improve aspects of R.I.’s health care...

Health Services 10/25/2023

WARWICK – While Rhode Island’s health care industry is bouncing back after an “incredibly difficult” year in 2022, providers still have a long way...

R.I. Food Hunger Survey: Food assistance, insecurity still problematic

Food & Agriculture 10/24/2023

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Community Food Bank, in partnership with the Brown University School of Public Health, recently released results of this year’s...

Blue Cross seeking applicants for its BlueAngel Community Health grants

Health Services 07/02/2023

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is accepting applications for the 2024 BlueAngel Community Health Grant program, which continues to...

DR. ASHISH K. JHA on July 1 is returning to his post as the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. / AP FILE PHOTO/ELISE AMENDOLA

Jha to resume role as dean of Brown School of Public...

Education 06/08/2023

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Ashish K. Jha is coming back home to once again lead the Brown University School of Public Health. The Ivy League institution...

WORKING TOGETHER: Panelist Dr. Claire Levesque of Point32Health Services Inc., third from left, speaks during the PBN Spring 2023 Health Care Summit and Health Care Heroes Awards on April 6 at the Providence Marriott Downtown. Also on the panel, from left, are Eric Swain of United HealthCare of New England Inc.; Kirsten Hokeness of Bryant University; Peter Marino of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island; Dr. Methodius Tuuli of Women & Infants Hospital; and Martha Wofford of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island.  PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Panel: Collaboration needed across the board to resolve health inequities in...

Health Services 04/14/2023

Inequities within the health care system are not only proving to be persistent, but they are getting worse. Panelists at the Providence Business News Spring...