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Kent Hospital to commence $97M expansion this month

WARWICK – Kent County Memorial Hospital will soon begin construction on a $97 million, 90,000-square-foot expansion that will create a new ambulatory building while...
FASTER ACTION: Dr. Ana Tuya Fulton, center, chief population health officer at Care New England Health System, says she’s thankful state leaders are working on longer-term solutions for its health care problems, but there needs to be some quick wins, too. Fulton is a panelist at Providence Business News’ Health Care Summit on April 2, along with state Sen. Pamela Lauria, a nurse practitioner, left, and Dr. Raj Hazarika, vice president and chief medical officer of commercial products at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of New England Inc. 
PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Summit panelists: R.I. trying to chip away at the many health...

When primary care nurse practitioner and state Sen. Pamela Lauria, D-Bristol, sees patients with urgent symptoms, she finds that a potential medical emergency isn’t...
SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS: Joseph Trunzo, left, associate director of Bryant University’s School of Health and Behavioral Sciences, participates in a panel discussion at Providence Business News’ Health Care Summit at Providence Marriott Downtown on April 2. The panel talks about ways to deal with the state’s health care woes. Also on the panel are, from left, Dr. Christopher Ottiano, interim chief medical officer and medical director at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island; Linda Hurley, CODAC Inc. CEO and president; and Meghan Grady, Meals on Wheels of RI Inc. executive director. 
PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Health care panel: Team approach needed to make system fixes

It doesn’t take a clinical degree to diagnose why Rhode Island has difficulty retaining health care providers who completed their education in the Ocean...

Care New England names Cotton chief of endocrine surgery, head of...

PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System has appointed Dr. Travis Cotton as chief of endocrine surgery and leader of the health system’s newly...
DR. CHRISTOPHER OTTIANO, second from left, interim chief medical officer and medical director at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, speaks during one of two panel discussions during Providence Business News' Health Care Summit at Marriott Providence on Thursday. Also on the panel are, from left, Joseph Trunzo, associate director of Bryant University's School of Health and Behavioral Sciences; Linda Hurley, CODAC Inc. CEO and president; and Meghan Grady, Meals on Wheels of RI Inc. executive director. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN health care summit: Multifaceted approach needed to repair R.I.’s ailing...

PROVIDENCE – When primary care providers choose to practice in Massachusetts or Connecticut over Rhode Island, it’s not about luxury.  Across the board, the Ocean...

Women & Infants, Scholars Network launch new employment and loan repayment...

PROVIDENCE – A new program co-launched by Women & Infants Hospital and the Scholars Network will provide nursing students with an employment pipeline and educational...
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. 
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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...

Care New England updates branding with new logo

PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System facilities such as Women & Infants Hospital, Butler Hospital and Kent County Memorial Hospital are familiar names to many Rhode Islanders. With...

Unionized interns and residents at 4 R.I. hospitals remain in ongoing...

PROVIDENCE – Amid contract negotiations, more than 650 resident physicians and fellows at Kent County Memorial, Women & Infants, Butler and Rhode Island hospitals...

Women & Infants caregivers allege health, safety and staffing issues

PROVIDENCE – Unionized caregivers at Women & Infants Hospital earlier this month gathered to demand that parent company Care New England Health System address concerns around patient safety, staff training and infrastructure. Service...
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