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Kent Hospital celebrates National Doctors’ Day with Doctor of the Year...

PROVIDENCE – Kent County Memorial Hospital recently celebrated National Doctors’ Day, which was on March 30, by holding its Doctor of the Year Award...
HOUSE CALL: Dr. Tyler Weisberger, left, who works for Kent County Memorial Hospital’s Hospital at Home program, examines Doris Witt at her Warwick home. Witt was admitted to Kent in early March after experiencing symptoms from her congestive heart failure. The Hospital at Home program allowed her to be discharged early but still receive hospital-level care. 
COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND HEALTH SYSTEM

Hospitals see benefits to bringing care home

When 90-year-old Doris Witt was taken to the hospital a few weeks ago because she was having trouble breathing, the elderly Warwick resident wasn’t...
PART OF A MOVEMENT: Some of the physician residents who organized a union at Rhode Island Hospital are all smiles after a vote to join Service Employees International Union’s Committee of Interns and Residents.
COURTESY COMMITTEE OF INTERNS AND RESIDENTS

Unionized physician residents: How might it change care?

When Dr. Ben Raymond-Kolker graduated from medical school, he had his sights set on a medical residency program at Rhode Island Hospital. But it...

Six banks that operate in R.I. get top marks from LGBTQ+...

PROVIDENCE – Six banks that have a presence in Rhode Island were among the 765 United States businesses that received the highest score on...
NEW ­OPTION: Kent Hospital surgical team members assist Dr. Brian Temple, second from left in the background, as he performs a DIEP flap procedure as part of breast reconstruction surgery for a mastectomy patient.
COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND HEALTH SYSTEM

Complex breast reconstruction procedure requires microsurgeon with ‘extreme’ talent

Patients who will undergo mastectomies as part of breast cancer treatment now have a new option for natural breast reconstruction in Rhode Island. Care New...
LYNN BLAIS, president of the United Nursing & Allied Professionals, is among the people in the health care sector who have expressed skepticism about the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact, in which both Rhode Island and Massachusetts are members. PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Mass. joins multistate nursing compact, but where does that leave R.I.?

While many in Massachusetts are celebrating the state joining the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact as a way to reduce the shortage of nurses, opinions...

Five Questions With: Dr. Daren Girard

As temperatures continue to drop, winter weather can create dangerous conditions for members of vulnerable groups. Dr. Daren Girard, chief of emergency medicine at...

Five Questions With: Carrie Faulkner

October is celebrated as National Physical Therapy Month. Carrie Faulkner, clinical supervisor at the Spaulding Outpatient Center of Kent County Memorial Hospital, spoke with...

Five Questions With: Jennifer La Luz

Care New England Health System recently announced that Jennifer La Luz was appointed as executive director of operations for Kent County Memorial Hospital, a...

Jennifer La Luz appointed executive director of operations at Kent Hospital

PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System recently announced that Jennifer La Luz was appointed as executive director of operations for Kent County Memorial...
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