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LIFESAVER: Erin Cooney, a barber, credits telemedicine with saving her life in December, when she realized after a fall that something was seriously wrong and was able to hold a videoconference with her doctor. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Push on to make benefits of telehealth permanent

Seeing a doctor became much easier in the pandemic for many people who avoided travel time, office waits and the risk of exposure to...
MOVING ON: David Bauerle, chief clerk for University of Rhode Island’s housing and residential life program, has decided to take an early-retirement incentive, in part because of changes to his workplace brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Some decisions to retire triggered by COVID-19

After 36 years of arranging and rearranging student dorm assignments at the University of Rhode Island, David Bauerle was contemplating retirement. Bauerle, chief clerk for...

Coastal Medical finalizes agreement to join Lifespan health system

PROVIDENCE – Coastal Medical Inc., one of the state’s largest primary care organizations, has finalized an agreement to join the Lifespan Corp. health system,...

Lifespan and Care New England submit merger application for state review

PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System announced Monday they have submitted plans to merge into a single health care entity...
S&P GLOBAL RATINGS affirmed its B+ bond rating for Care New England and upgraded its outlook from negative to developing. The rating agency cited the health system's definitive agreement to merge with Lifespan Corp. as a major contributing factor.

S&P improves outlook on CNE bond rating, citing planned merger with...

PROVIDENCE – S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on R.I. Health and Education Building Corp.’s bonds issued to Care New England Health System from...
NEXT CHALLENGE: Panelists discuss the region’s rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine during the PBN Health Care Summit on April 8. Clockwise from top left is Dr. Karen Tashima, who directs clinical trials for Life­span Corp.; Dr. Kirsten Anderson, from Aetna/CVS Health; moderator PBN Editor Michael Mello; Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University; Christopher Palmieri, CEO and president of Commonwealth Care Alliance; and Peter Marino, CEO of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island.

‘Hesitancy’ will be next snag with vaccinations

Rhode Island will soon hit a tipping point in COVID-19 vaccinations – a point at which there will be more vaccine available than the...

Lifespan Cancer Institute expands to Bristol

BRISTOL – The Lifespan Cancer Institute has expanded to Bristol, where Dr. Peter Barth, a hematologist and oncologist, is now seeing patients. Barth, who is...
DR. JACK A. ELIAS will step down in his role as the dean of Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School and become the university’s senior health advisor. / PBN FILE PHOTO / MIKE SKORSKI

Elias stepping down as Warren Alpert Medical School dean; will become...

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Jack A. Elias will be stepping down in his role as dean of Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School and will...

AG: Lifespan and Care New England ‘erred’ in judgment, but did...

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of the Attorney General has found that Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System did not violate any...

Rhode Island Hospital researcher honored for cancer work

PROVIDENCE – A Lifespan Corp. cancer researcher whose work in molecular neuroscience earned a nearly $4 million grant for studying how epigenetics impact a...
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