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CONDITIONS SET FOR APPROVING THE closure of Memorial Hospital's emergency department don't address the full loss of those services, Pawtucket officials say. / COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND

Pawtucket officials: RIDOH conditions won’t fully blunt loss of Memorial emergency...

PAWTUCKET — Pawtucket’s state senators say R.I. Department of Health’s conditions on Care New England’s closure of Memorial Hospital’s emergency department don’t fully address...
CULTURE MATTERS: Lisa Abbott, senior vice president of human resources at Life­span Corp., Rhode Island’s largest employer, says ensuring employees understand the company’s culture and why it matters is important for successful growth. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

‘We’re always going to be in … a war for talent’

As the senior vice president of human resources at Lifespan Corp., Lisa Abbott oversees strategy and operations, especially in relation to customer-service excellence and...
RIDOH has approved a reverse certificate of need to close emergency services at the site. / COURTESY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

RIDOH approves CNE closure of Memorial Hospital emergency department

PROVIDENCE — The R.I. Department of Health has approved Care New England’s reverse certificate of need application to close Memorial Hospital’s emergency department, leaving...
CARE NEW ENGLAND and Partners HealthCare announced today that the companies had agreed to extend their letter of intent to the end of January.

CNE, Partners extend letter of intent through end of Jan.

PROVIDENCE — Care New England and Partners HealthCare have agreed to extend a letter of intent to merge, set to expire on Dec. 31,...
CARE NEW ENGLAND has pledged to continue funding Memorial Hospital's pensions as it waits for approval to close the facility. / COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND

CNE Pledges continued Memorial Hospital pension funding

PAWTUCKET — Care New England’s Board of Directors voted unanimously Thursday night to withdraw Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island from the obligated group for...
CARE NEW ENGLAND announced 200 jobs will stay at the Memorial Hospital site after the hospital closes. / COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND

Care New England to keep 200 jobs, primary care, walk-in clinic...

PAWTUCKET — The United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5082 has withdrawn its Superior Court suit seeking delay of Care New England’s closing of...
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...

Don’t delay Memorial closing

A lawsuit filed earlier this month by the United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5082 seeking a special master to oversee Care New England’s...
UNITED NURSES AND ALLIED PROFESSIONALS Local 5082 has filed a lawsuit in Superior Court seeking a delay of the Memorial Hospital closure process pending a review of the filing of the reverse certificate of need as required by the Hospital Conversions Act. / COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND

UNAP lawsuit seeks to halt Memorial closure, appoint special master

PROVIDENCE – United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5082 filed a lawsuit in Superior Court Dec. 7 seeking a special master to oversee Care New...
FURTHER STUDY: Dr. Gregory D. Jay, owner of Lubris LLC, has been investigating lubricin, a glycoprotein recently licensed to Novartis for use as a dry-eye treatment. Jay is looking into lubricin’s potential as a treatment for damaged joints and abdominal scarring prevention.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

R.I. hospitals’ dilemma: Nurture innovation or be downsized by it

Medical innovation saves and improves otherwise desperate lives and lends prestige to the hospitals nurturing it, while attracting new patients, funding, and top researchers...
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