Tag: Medical School
Foulkes: R.I. needs new leader to make an abrupt course correction
Helena Buonanno Foulkes says she’s used the last four years wisely.
Foulkes came within 3,500 votes of unseating incumbent Gov. Daniel J. McKee in the...
Driving Forces: Marc B. Parlange
Marc B. Parlange
University of Rhode Island president
FROM THE START, Marc B. Parlange has been focused on boosting the University of Rhode Island’s impact in...
URI board of trustees supports public medical school
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island board of trustees voted unanimously, with one abstention, on Feb. 13 in support of a state...
Legislative commission recommends establishing a medical school at URI
PROVIDENCE – A special legislative commission on Tuesday voted to recommend the establishment of the state's first public medical school at the University of...
‘We are in crisis’: PBN summit highlights glaring gaps in affordable,...
WARWICK – Precarious and vulnerable.
That’s how Dr. Edward McGookin would describe the state of Rhode Island’s health care.
Two safety net hospitals – Roger Williams Medical Center and...
UNHEALTHY STATE: ‘[R.I.] simply does not have the health care workforce … to...
Rhode Island is facing a serious shortageof health care providers, often leaving residents scrambling to find care. Primary care is exceedingly difficult to attain,...
A CURE FOR THE ILLS? Not everybody is convinced R.I. would...
(Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series exploring issues surrounding the training of physicians in Rhode Island and its impact on...
Med school debate spotlights ailing health care system
There are more questions than answers right now in the debate over whether Rhode Island should create a state medical school.
What would it cost?...
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