Tag: Lynn Blais
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...
Handle with care: Fate of hospitals in balance as regulators review...
Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. was seen as a hero a decade ago, swooping in to prop up the struggling Roger Williams Medical Center in...
Fatima Hospital Service employees ratify labor contract
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Around 200 professional, technical and maintenance employees of Fatima Hospital represented by the United Nurses and Allied Professionals have ratified a...
Not everybody sold on the proposed Centurion hospital transaction in R.I.
Some view the Centurion Foundation’s proposal to buy Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital from Prospect Medical Holdings as a...
R.I. reenters Nurse Licensure Compact to stave off potential hospital staff...
After seeing what the shortage of health care workers did to Rhode Island hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, the state decided to reenter the...
Police investigating assault of 3 Lifespan health care workers
PROVIDENCE – Police are investigating three reports of aggravated assault at two Lifespan Corp. hospitals last month, according to a report from WPRI-TV CBS...
Neronha, RIDOH move forward with Centurion’s proposed purchase of CharterCARE
PROVIDENCE – After getting delayed twice because of incomplete applications, The Centurion Foundation’s attempt to purchase CharterCARE Health Partners from Prospect Medical Holdings is...
Rhode Island rejoins multistate nurse licensure compact
PROVIDENCE – Following a six-year pause, Rhode Island has opted back into a shared licensure program that allows nurses to practice throughout most of...
Labor unrest simmers at hospitals
Health care workers across the state are grappling with a mix of low pay and poor working conditions that is driving colleagues away from...
Registered nurses at Roger Williams Medical Center vote to join union
PROVIDENCE – Registered nurses at Roger Williams Medical Center voted last week by a 2-1 margin to join the United Nurses and Allied Professionals,...
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