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QUALITY CONCERNS: Curtis Dyer, left, clinical pharmacy operations manager at PACE Organization of Rhode Island, speaks with PACE participant Mark Harter about his medications. With a greater number of air quality alerts in recent years, officials at PACE are worried about the effects on the elderly.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Air quality in R.I. a problem that just won’t blow over

Focus 09/26/2025

On a typical week, PACE Organization of Rhode Island might have about 11% to 14% of its seniors cancel their visits to the nonprofit’s...

Health care community celebrates wins in proposed FY 2026 state budget

Government 06/12/2025

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island health care advocates and leaders are celebrating the allocations for hospitals, medical practices and providers included in the proposed $14.3...

Five Questions With: Lisa Carcieri

Health Services 05/23/2025

Lisa Carcieri, the director of sales and marketing for Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, was recently named chair of the board of directors...

R.I. Public Health Institute names Carcieri board chair, adds new members

Health Services 05/02/2025

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Public Health Institute recently elected Lisa Carcieri to serve as the nonprofit’s new board chair. Carcieri succeeds Mark Tracy, who...

R.I. Public Health Institute receives $10M federal grant

Health Services 09/08/2023

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Public Health Institute has received $10 million in federal funding for long-term projects focused on providing primary and behavioral...

SAFETY FIRST: Dennis Bailer, left, overdose prevention program director at Project Weber/RENEW, and Izzie Irizarry, lead case manager, assemble safe injection kits at the agency’s South Providence drop-in center. Project Weber/RENEW and CODAC Inc. are scheduled to open a harm reduction site in early 2024. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

‘Overdose hot spot’ to get R.I.’s 1st safe injection center

Focus 04/28/2023

In Providence’s West End, behavioral health care agency CODAC Inc. serves one of the city’s hardest-hit neighborhoods in the opioid crisis. From 2016 to...

Five Questions With: Dr. Amy Nunn

Health Services 08/07/2022

Dr. Amy Nunn is executive director of the Rhode Island Public Health Institute, which operates Open Door Health, a health clinic that offers primary...

WORKING TOGETHER: Dr. Christopher Ottiano, middle, medical director of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, explains that health care stakeholders should join forces to improve the system. Panelists participating in the PBN Health Care Summit on April 6 included Dr. Amy Nunn, left, executive director of the Rhode Island Public Health Institute, and Dr. Robert MacArthur, right, Commonwealth Care Allicance chief medical officer. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Panel: ARPA funds can help mend health safety net

Coronavirus 04/15/2022

Lindsay Lang sees trouble coming in maintaining health insurance for some Rhode Islanders, and she wants state lawmakers to act before it’s too late. Lang,...

RIPHI’s Food on the Move launches fourth mobile market

Health Services 11/07/2021

CENTRAL FALLS – The Rhode Island Public Health Institute’s Food on the Move program has added another location to its mobile produce market. The organization...