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Consultant hired to assess feasibility of medical school at URI

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A state Senate commission and the University of Rhode Island announced they have selected a Missouri-based consulting firm to lead a...
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THE GAP: State lawmakers return to work facing a looming budget deficit and a host of other challenges. Pictured is a legislative study commission on climate change at the Statehouse. 
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Returning lawmakers won’t have federal windfall to lean on

After three years of doling out hundreds of millions in COVID-relief funding, the next General Assembly session will be facing projected budget cuts of...
DR. MICHAEL FINE, former director of the R.I. Department of Health, says taking steps such as creating new residencies for primary care physicians and nurse practitioners would be a start to reducing the shortage in personnel in primary care, followed by new scholarship programs with the caveat that recipients agree to practice in Rhode Island. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Addressing doctor shortage could be a primary challenge for lawmakers

State legislators might consider a host of potential prescriptions to ease Rhode Island’s worsening shortage of primary care doctors when they convene in January,...

No quick Rx for primary care

Dr. Michael Fine, a family physician and former state health director, says as many as 400,000 Rhode Island residents don’t have a primary care...
Dr. Howard Schulman

Primary care doctor: Downside of value-based health care

This May, after I had given a presentation on primary care at a health care summit in the Statehouse, an audience member asked me...

Neronha: OHIC needs to be bolder on efforts to boost primary...

PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha believes the R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner can do more when it comes to improving...

Alarms sounded on health care crisis

In August, Attorney General Peter F. Neronha publicly renewed his calls for broad health care reforms. “We have a system that is broken,” he said...

Most-read stories on PBN.com, Oct. 2024

1. Citizens is closing 15 branches in six states, one in R.I. POSTED ONLINE: OCT. 25 A standalone Citizens Bank branch at 275 Newport...
ROOM FOR TWO? Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School has no competition in Rhode Island. A state commission, however, is exploring creation of a public medical school at the University of Rhode Island. 
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W ILLIAM HAMILTON

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?...

Five Questions With: Dr. Jonathan Gates

Dr. Jonathan Gates is the new chief medical officer at Wood River Health. In this role, he identifies and prioritizes rising-risk patients for care,...
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