Tag: HEALTH CARE
PBN Summit: R.I.’s health care sector struggling to reverse worker shortage
WARWICK – A workforce shortage continues to plague Rhode Island's health care sector as residents find access to primary care limited while practices struggle...
CVS Medicare Advantage business takes quality rating hit
CVS Health Corp. shares tumbled early Friday after the company said a big Medicare Advantage plan took a hit in government quality ratings about...
Dr. Nikolopoulos Joins PACE-RI as Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Nicholas Nikolopoulos, DO, has joined PACE-RI as Chief Medical Officer. A talented physician, business executive, and leader, Dr. Nikolopoulos brings more than a...
1st mobile unit deployed in R.I.’s addiction fight
John Hayes literally has a front-row seat to the widening demographics of opioid addiction.
He’s a driver of CODAC Behavioral Healthcare’s new mobile clinic, a...
Are R.I.’s noises hurting health of our children?
Since moving to Rhode Island a little over a year ago, Nina Lee has gotten to know the state in a way few others...
NEIT sees future of video games
Kudos to the New England Institute of Technology for not only coming up with a big idea on how to tap a $300 billion...
Zachary Nieder
2022 40 Under Forty Awards
Zachary Nieder, 36
Senior strategic initiative officer, Rhode Island Foundation
How has COVID-19 changed your industry? It has accelerated broader trends...
Strategic Planning and Analysis Helps Healthcare Organizations Navigate its Future
Strategic planning is often considered the province of large, complex health systems: a largely academic exercise that saps time and attention away from more...
Hospitals find good, bad in hiring travel nurses
For most hospitals, employing travel nurses isn’t new: before the COVID-19 pandemic, Kent County Memorial Hospital in Warwick typically had eight to 10 travel...
Health insurers offering ‘grandkids on-demand’
Now in partnership with health plans in Rhode Island, a company called Papa Inc. is providing a service that’s been marketed as “grandkids on-demand,”...