Tag: Primary Care
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...
Five Questions With: Lisa Menard-Manlove
In July, Hopkinton-based Wood River Health announced Dr. Lisa Menard-Manlove had been promoted from associate medical director to the organization's chief medical officer. Now in the C-suite, Menard-Manlove oversees the medical services and clinical...
Breaking healthcare barriers after prison
He opened his car door in the parking lot of a local steakhouse and couldn’t make himself get out. It was his first day...
Kent Hospital’s $81M expansion targets areas of demand
For Rhode Islanders, a visit to a hospital emergency room takes longer on average than it would in almost any other state in the...
OHIC report finds gaps in primary care access, spending in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Access to primary care in Rhode Island remains uneven and strained, with provider shortages and gaps in preventive care persisting across the...
Rise of concierge healthcare has raised concerns
As a nurse practitioner at Brown University Health’s East Greenwich office, Pamela Lauria has met with new patients who tell her that she’s their...
Buy-in needed to fix R.I. primary care
Last year saw a host of individual proposals from hospital and state leaders, including Gov. Daniel J. McKee and Attorney General Peter F. Neronha,...
Does Rhode Island need a multiyear primary care transformation plan with...
The Centurion Foundation’s recent purchase of financially ailing Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital has at least for now averted...
Businesses stuck in neutral along with stagnant economy
Rhode Island business owners need a jolt. That’s the biggest takeaway from PBN’s 2026 Winter Business Survey.
A malaise that took hold last year amid...
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...
