Tag: Health Matters
Closing R.I.’s language gap in behavioral health care
When Joise Garzon embarked on her career several years ago after completing Rhode Island College’s Master of Social Work program, colleagues and acquaintances would...
Short-stay unit at Butler to ease burden at ERs
Normally, the auditorium at Butler Hospital in Providence is a gathering spot for conferences and panel discussions on behavioral health issues. But in early...
R.I. part of interstate pact key to mental telehealth
Providing mental health care to patients out of state has been a conundrum facing Rhode Island practitioners for as many years as there have...
High-tech exoskeleton lending a hand, arms and legs
Early last December, Chuck Allen was enjoying a lazy afternoon at home in North Kingstown. His wife, Becky, had run out for a few...
Amid housing shortage, access to care wavers
Sitting next to a campfire in a homeless encampment in a wooded area in Providence, emergency room physician Dr. Rebecca Karb found herself looking...
PC poised to feed R.I.’s health worker pipeline
Rhode Island is about to get a new source of nurses and other health care professionals.
Plans for Providence College’s new School of Nursing and...
Bridging gaps to help patients get proper care
Dr. Pablo Rodriguez has been trying to bridge gaps in health care his whole life.
Born in Puerto Rico, he came to the United States...
Faster tumor diagnosis with robotic assistance
Dr. Andrew Foderaro has performed countless bronchoscopies over his career, but even he can find it tricky.
The procedure requires a doctor to maneuver a...
NEMIC programs helping draw global startups to Providence, break into U.S....
John Cho was not very familiar with Providence a few months ago. As a South Korean entrepreneur in the health care sector, he never...
Are electronic health records burning out doctors?
Dr. Oliver Mayorga recalls one time attending to a patient in the Westerly Hospital emergency room who was suffering from cancer.
The patient, a Rhode...
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