Tag: Department of Behavioral Healthcare Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals
Study: R.I. needs new hospital facility to meet its long-term acute...
PROVIDENCE – A new study confirmed that Rhode Island needs a new hospital facility to meet its long-term acute care needs.
The study, conducted by...
State-owned building in Woonsocket goes up for auction
WOONSOCKET – A state-owned downtown office building is being auctioned next month.
The three-story building at 181 Cumberland St. is the current location of the...
State names CEO, CMO for new, standalone psychiatric hospital
PROVIDENCE – The state has named a four-person leadership team to run its newly licensed, standalone psychiatric hospital.
The Rhode Island State Psychiatric Hospital will...
URI men’s basketball coach, president are top state earners again
PROVIDENCE – The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball coach and school president are again the top two earners among state employees, according to...
Eleanor Slater facility receives new license to operate as standalone psychiatric...
CRANSTON – The psychiatric facility within Eleanor Slater Hospital will now be operating as a standalone psychiatric hospital, announced Gov. Daniel J. McKee on...
Top doctor at Eleanor Slater Hospital, BHDDH stepping down
PROVIDENCE – The top doctor charged with helping reform the troubled state psychiatric hospital is stepping down after less than a year on the...
Jones to serve as interim director of BHDDH
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee announced on Friday that Sec. Womazetta Jones will be immediately deployed to serve as interim director of the...
R.I. runs $600K prevention campaign ‘The Truth About Opioids’
PROVIDENCE — Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force announced today a local $600,000 social media and television public prevention campaign,...
Care New England opening 24-hour opioid treatment center at Butler Hospital
PROVIDENCE — Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and Care New England will announce a new Center of Excellence medication-assisted treatment program for opioid addiction at...
Rebecca Boss chosen to lead BHDDH
PROVIDENCE - Rebecca Boss was chosen to lead the state Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and Health...