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Nursing assistant temporarily suspended after becoming beneficiary of patient’s IRA

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health has temporarily suspended a nursing assistant after discovering she had become a beneficiary of a patient's Individual...

Five Questions With: Lisa Uebelacker

Care New England Health System recently collaborated with the R.I. Department of Health to train 89 clinicians throughout the state in Counseling on Access...
HELP WANTED: Dr. Steven Brown, an oral surgeon and president at University Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in East Greenwich, says the state needs more surgical centers providing pediatric dental surgery. Brown is also the chief of dentistry and oral and maxillofacial surgery at Rhode Island Hospital and a clinical assistant professor at Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School. 
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Filling a desperate need in pediatric dentistry in R.I.

The calls from anxious parents come into the Samuels Sinclair Dental Center all the time, and the story is often the same. Their child needs...

2 nursing assistants surrender license for allegedly locking client with developmental...

PROVIDENCE – Two nursing assistants have voluntarily surrendered their licenses after being investigated by the R.I. Department of Health for allegations of “unprofessional conduct.” Teresa...

R.I., Mass. help create Northeast public health coalition

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island and Massachusetts have joined forces with several other states to form a public health coalition. The Northeast Public Health Collaborative is...

McKee: Health insurers required to cover COVID-19 vaccines in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – Health insurers are required to cover COVID-19 vaccines for all Rhode Island residents 6 months old and older who want one, Gov....

What does merger of large R.I. physician groups mean for cost,...

Brown University Health is preparing to absorb one of the state’s largest physician groups, putting more than 1,500 doctors under one entity – a...

N.P. pharmacy closing after RIDOH investigation

NORTH PROVIDENCE – A retail pharmacy owner has to surrender their license and close the store after an investigation by the R.I. Department of...

Pathways’ pitch for new hospice agency clears panel

CRANSTON – Despite pushback from existing Ocean State providers, Rhode Island is set to get a new hospice agency. On Tuesday, the Health Services Council...

Neronha, R.I. Foundation accepting applications for youth dental grants

PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and the Rhode Island Foundation recently announced they are accepting proposals for future grant awards from $10...
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