Tag: R.I. Department of Health
For R.I.’s indigenous people, good jobs and prosperity are often out...
For 51 years, Robert Shumate said he has been “keeping South County cool.”
Owner of Pier Ice Plant in Narragansett and a Narragansett Indian Tribe...
DOH chief named president-elect of National Health Directors Group
PROVIDENCE – State health directors across the nation have elected Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, director of the R.I. Department of Health, as president-elect of the...
Should the state allow Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket to have its...
When Care New England bought Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island in 2013, the Pawtucket institution was already in financial difficulties. But since then, its...
Elevated levels of man-made chemicals found in Burrillville drinking water
BURRILLVILLE – Tests revealed elevated levels of man-made chemicals, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in the drinking water at the Oakland Association water system,...
Butler Hospital Foundation’s annual fundraiser collects $88,000
PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital Foundation’s fundraiser, A Gallery Affair II, raised more than $88,000 to benefit research at the Providence Art Club Sept. 19.
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Chiropractic coverage mandated for substance disorders
Opioids may have been the first path many of Dr. Benjamin Algiere’s patients took for pain relief, but he hopes it’s not their last.
A...
ACA reform stalls as GOP takes second shot at repeal
PROVIDENCE — HealthSource RI Executive Director Zach Sherman’s hopes for health insurance market-stabilizing legislation were dashed Tuesday when U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor &...
RIEMA unveils emergency power preservation plan for critical health care facilities
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency’s playbook to safeguard electricity supplies for critical health care facilities during disasters, “Protecting Patients When Disaster Strikes,”...
Report: R.I. teen immunization rates among highest in the nation
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island’s immunization rates for teenagers are among the highest in the nation, the R.I. Department of Health announced Friday.
A report conducted...
Fatima Hospital pension woes were looming in 2014
When the $86.8 million pension plan that covers current and former employees of Our Lady of Fatima Hospital filed for receivership last month, public...
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