Tag: Care New England Health System
Care New England lays off 12 Women & Infants workers
PROVIDENCE – Women & Infants Hospital has laid off 12 employees.
The layoffs were announced earlier this week, according to Service Employees International Union 119...
Hundreds of Butler Hospital unionized employees start ‘open-ended’ strike
PROVIDENCE – Hundreds of Butler Hospital unionized employees started an “open-ended” strike Thursday to push for better wages, benefits and workplace safety.
Members of Service...
More than half of R.I. hospitals earn ‘A’ safety grade from...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has been ranked as No. 2 in the country for patient safety by The Leapfrog Group.
More than half the hospitals...
Care New England Health System opens Pawtucket pharmacy
PAWTUCKET – Care New England Health System opened its new pharmacy on Brewster Street Monday.
The facility is located at the Care New England Medical...
Is Anchor Medical’s closure spurring action to solve primary care?
The looming closure of Anchor Medical Associates has highlighted a critical dilemma facing Rhode Island’s health system: Tens of thousands of patients are in...
R.I. health care system needs to be more focused amid federal...
Every day, a patient worried about getting the care they need calls CODAC Behavioral Healthcare.
The nonprofit offers psychiatric and mental health services to some...
State needs Rx for ailing health system
“We could be heading for a catastrophe,” Dr. Michael Wagner, Care New England Health System CEO and president, said when asked to assess Rhode...
PBN Health Care Summit: Collaboration needed in light of federal cutbacks
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s already challenged health care system could face even more obstacles depending on federal policy shifts, according to Dr. Michael Wagner,...
Hospitals see benefits to bringing care home
When 90-year-old Doris Witt was taken to the hospital a few weeks ago because she was having trouble breathing, the elderly Warwick resident wasn’t...
Women & Infants set to open spacious new labor and delivery...
PROVIDENCE – Soon, expecting mothers in Rhode Island will have a whole new unit dedicated to labor and delivery.
Next week, Women & Infants Hospital...
