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INPATIENT ­REHAB: Daniel Parkinson is the CEO of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Johnston, a rehab facility that opened last year.
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Foes of Johnston rehab hospital now say it’s a success

At first, Encompass Health Corp.’s pitch to build an inpatient rehabilitation hospital was met with objections from local health care leaders who argued that...
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. 
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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...

Already on life support, hospitals blast McKee’s FY26 proposed funding cuts...

Seventy-two minutes after Gov. Daniel J. McKee released his proposed fiscal 2026 budget on Jan. 16, the state’s hospital trade group fired back. The Hospital...
HOWARD DULUDE has been named the Hospital Association of Rhode Island's interim president. / COURTESY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION OF RHODE ISLAND

Dulude named Hospital Association of Rhode Island’s interim president

PROVIDENCE – Howard Dulude, a former Lifespan Corp. executive who has been vice president of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island for the past...

Health care leaders, Magaziner address workforce shortages

WARWICK – Drastic workforce shortages are rippling through every area of the health care sector and continuing to impact patient care across the state,...

Hospitals balk at proposals in Raimondo’s budget plan

Hospitals in Rhode Island stand to lose more than $17 million in state money and millions more in matching federal funds if a proposed...
HELPING HANDS: Erin Flaherty, left, a newly hired nurse at Kent County Memorial Hospital, practices inserting an IV as registered nurse Karen Wholey, middle, and Nurse Director Nicole Hebert offer advice. 
 / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Experienced nurses can be hard to find

For nearly four years, Erin Flaherty worked as a nurse in a Warwick urgent-care clinic. The job was rewarding but offered no chance of...

HARI names Dulude director of finance, announces 2 promotions

PROVIDENCE – The Hospital Association of Rhode Island has named Howard Dulude its new director of finance and promoted two staff members. Dulude takes the...
LISA TOMASSO has been named director of external affairs at the Hospital Association of Rhode Island. / COURTESY HARI

HARI names external affairs director, government relations assistant

PROVIDENCE – The Hospital Association of Rhode Island and its members recently welcomed two new staff members, Lisa Tomasso, recently named director of external...
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