Tag: HEALTH CARE
New substance withdrawal program proves to be success story
After Mercedes Faust was arrested for driving under the influence and spent a day in the psychiatric unit at a local hospital nearly a...
R.I. monthly unemployment stays at 4.3% in December
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in December was 4.3%, same as November, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said Thursday.
The...
When health care system breaks, everything else follows
Fellow Rhode Island manufacturers, health care costs are no longer a background issue. They are now a front-line threat to our ability to compete, invest and take care...
Sluggish hiring closes out a frustrating year for job seekers though...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sluggish hiring last month closed out a year of weak employment gains that have frustrated job seekers even as layoffs and unemployment have also...
R.I. monthly unemployment dips to 4.3% in November
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in November was 4.3%, down slightly from 4.5% in September, the R.I. Department of Labor and...
What should state lawmakers prioritize (besides a balanced budget) in this...
State lawmakers return to work on Jan. 5 with a projected $101 million fiscal 2027 shortfall and a long list of legislative priorities to...
Health care, affordable housing on GA’s election-year docket
Compared to last year, the $101 million fiscal 2027 shortfall facing state lawmakers as they return to work this month may be cause for...
The process, not people, is hurting state’s health care system
The story didn’t begin in a hospital.
It began hours earlier on a Zoom screen during my very first board meeting as a member of the R.I. Business Group...
Birthing center’s future still a source of worry
When Cassie Voll was first seen at Newport Hospital’s Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center, she arrived on the heels of “a really bad experience...
URI researchers build low-cost device to reveal hidden damage from brain...
Traumatic brain injuries are far more common than many realize. Globally, more than 65 million people suffer such trauma each year, University of Rhode...
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