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R.I. will try to reassign unvaccinated health state workers

Coronavirus 10/01/2021

PROVIDENCE (AP) – Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee said Friday that the administration would try to find new assignments for health care workers employed...

CARE NEW ENGLAND HEALTH SYSTEM and Lifespan Corp. both said on Wednesday that they have surpassed a 95% employee vaccination level, two days before the state's health care employee mandate. / COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND AND LIFESPAN

Lifespan, CNE surpass 95% vaccination rates ahead of Oct. 1 mandate

Health Services 09/29/2021

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s two biggest hospital companies are boasting employee vaccination rates surpassing 95% just days ahead of the Oct. 1 state-enforced mandate...

R.I. responds to lawsuit over lack of religious exemption in health...

Coronavirus 09/24/2021

PROVIDENCE – A lawsuit filed on Thursday on behalf of four health care workers, who brought the action under pseudonyms including “Dr. T.” and...

Rhode Island Hospital nurses call for pay raises

Health Services 08/31/2021

PROVIDENCE (AP) – The union that represents nurses at Rhode Island's only Level 1 trauma hospital is calling on its parent company to increase...

Lifespan tightens visitor policy as COVID-19 cases increase

Coronavirus 08/24/2021

PROVIDENCE (AP) – Rhode Island's largest health care organization announced Tuesday it is amending its visitor policy at hospitals and ambulatory care centers in...

GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE said Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, that Rhode Island will soon require employees at health care facilities to get the COVID-19 vaccine. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

McKee mandates vaccines for Rhode Island health care workers

Health Services 08/10/2021

PROVIDENCE – As cases of the delta variant of COVID-19 continue to rise across the country, Gov. Daniel J. McKee announced a new mandate...

The outgoing chief medical officer for Eleanor Slater Hospital, Dr. Brian Daly, wrote a 16-page letter on Saturday, July 31, 2021, against a recently released report commissioned by the R.I. Office of Health and Human Services, disputing its conclusions that the facility was poorly managed, decrying "overt falsehoods" and claiming the authors were biased. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND HOSPITALS

Former Slater CMO blasts ‘biased’ hospital study

Government 08/02/2021

PROVIDENCE – He's not leaving quietly. The outgoing chief medical officer for Eleanor Slater Hospital, Dr. Brian Daly, is sounding off against a recently released report...

U.S. News rates The Miriam Hospital best in Providence metro

Economic Activity 07/27/2021

PROVIDENCE – The Miriam Hospital is once again leading the pack in the region, according to new rankings released by U.S. News & World...

Some Rhode Island hospitals ease visitation rules

Coronavirus 06/08/2021

PROVIDENCE (AP) – Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, and The Miriam Hospital are loosening some of their visitation rules as the number of...