Tag: Department of Behavioral Healthcare
Leclerc nominated as director of state’s behavioral hospital agency
PROVIDENCE - Richard H. Leclerc, the former CEO and president of Gateway Healthcare, has been nominated to serve as director of the R.I. Department...
Survey shows workplace safety improvements at Eleanor Slater
Morale and safety appear to be improving at the two campuses of the state-run Eleanor Slater Hospital, according to a newly released employee survey.
The...
$100M plan for new Eleanor Slater Hospital facility moves forward
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee released details Monday about his administration’s plan to invest more than $100 million in a new facility at...
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...
Johnson appointed as new CEO of Eleanor Slater Hospital
PROVIDENCE – A former CEO for several health care facilities throughout the Midwest was hired to run Rhode Island's state psychiatric hospital, according to...
Raimondo names Kathryn Power to head BHDDH
PROVIDENCE - Kathryn Power has been picked to head the state’s Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals, which she previously led for...
Butler treating opioid addiction as disease
Rhode Island added a fourth center of excellence for opioid-addiction treatment at Providence’s Butler Hospital in November, part of a statewide effort to focus...
State plans $2.5M move of Eleanor Slater patients to Benton Center
CRANSTON — The Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals will relocate Eleanor Slater Hospital’s psychiatric patients to the Roosevelt Benton Center to...