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GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO announces plans to allocate COVID-19 relief funds to transform senior care and invest in the workforce for long-term care. / COURTESY CAPITAL TV

Governor wants to use COVID-19 relief funds to transform long-term care

Coronavirus 07/01/2020

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced plans Wednesday to use $25 million of COVID-19 relief funds to address the immediate needs of nursing...

‘Herd immunity’ isn’t the answer

Advice 06/19/2020

Since the start of the pandemic, the term “herd immunity” has spread almost as fast as the coronavirus. But its use is fraught with...

BATTLE AGAINST AIDS: Upward Health National LLC Vice President of Clinical Services Michele Kratz worked at Hahnemann University Hospital in her native Philadelphia at the tail end of the AIDS p andemic when she was 18. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Nursing just the start for Upward Health’s Kratz

Business Services 06/19/2020

PBN BUSINESS WOMEN AWARDS 2020 ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Michele Kratz | Upward Health National LLC MICHELE KRATZ is a registered nurse at heart, but she’s done...

PAYING IT FORWARD: Brown Medicine CEO Ann M. Kashmanian had multiple mentors help guide her throughout her career. Now, she’s helping fellow women grow within the workplace. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Brown Medicine’s Kashmanian a guiding light through complex health care

Business Women 06/19/2020

PBN BUSINESS WOMEN AWARDS 2020 OUTSTANDING MENTOR: Ann M. Kashmanian | Brown Medicine ANN M. KASHMANIAN, CEO of Brown Medicine, has played a vital role...

COMBATING COVID-19: Shannon Sullivan, interim chief operating officer at Women & Infants Hospital, was at the forefront of helping set up a field hospital at the former Citizens Bank building in Cranston to handle a possible influx of COVID-19 patients. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

There’s no problem too tough for Sullivan at Kent Hospital

Business Women 06/19/2020

PBN BUSINESS WOMEN AWARDS 2020 INDUSTRY LEADER, HEALTH CARE SERVICES: Shannon Sullivan | Women & Infants Hospital SHANNON SULLIVAN, interim chief operating officer at Women...

FAST TRACK: Dr. Caroline Chang has seen her direct-care dermatology practice grow to treating more than 500 patients. / COURTESY DR. CAROLINE CHANG

Chang’s mantra at Rhode Island Dermatology Institute is putting patients first

Business Services 06/19/2020

PBN BUSINESS WOMEN AWARDS 2020 WOMAN TO WATCH, HEALTH CARE SERVICES: Dr. Caroline Chang | R.I. Dermatology Institute IN JUST TWO YEARS, Dr. Caroline Chang...

SMOOTH OPERATOR: Brown Medicine Chief Information Officer David Hemendinger implemented IT strategies in order to help improve workflow at the physician group practice. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Brown Medicine’s Hemendinger remains steadfast within fast-paced health care

Health Services 05/29/2020

C-SUITE AWARDS 2020 CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER, LARGE PRIVATE COMPANY: Dana Alexander Nolfe | Rhode Island Medical Imaging Inc. INSOMNIACS TEND TO be studious thinkers. They’re...

COVID-19 has exposed weakness in health insurance system

Commentary 05/08/2020

Before the coronavirus, advocates for national health insurance did not convince a swath of the electorate to support them. The employer-based system, after all,...

Clinician burnout is a fixable condition

Advice 04/24/2020

In late 2019, the American Medical Association deemed clinician burnout an epidemic. That was before COVID-19. We certainly wouldn’t have chosen this pandemic to...