Tag: Richard Charest
Investments aimed at strengthening state’s behavioral health care system hailed
PROVIDENCE – State leaders and behavioral health advocates Thursday hailed more than $45 million worth of allocations in the 2023 state budget that they...
Top doctor at Eleanor Slater Hospital, BHDDH stepping down
PROVIDENCE – The top doctor charged with helping reform the troubled state psychiatric hospital is stepping down after less than a year on the...
Johnson appointed as new CEO of Eleanor Slater Hospital
PROVIDENCE – A former CEO for several health care facilities throughout the Midwest was hired to run Rhode Island's state psychiatric hospital, according to...
Five Questions With: Richard Charest
Richard Charest, director of the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals, has been on the job for nearly a year. He...
BHDDH seeks separate license for forensic psychiatric facility
CRANSTON – The R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals has announced plans to seek a separate license for a 52-bed forensic...
Eleanor Slater receives national accreditation after preliminary denial
PROVIDENCE – After issuing a preliminary denial to accredit the Eleanor Slater Hospital system, The Joint Commission has reaccredited the state-run hospital system, Gov....
McKee nominates Charest to lead BHDDH
PROVIDENCE – A former CEO and president of Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket has been tapped by Gov. Daniel J. McKee and R.I. Health...
Ocean State Healthcare names Charest new CEO and chief operating officer
PROVIDENCE – Richard R. Charest has been named CEO and chief operating officer of Ocean State Healthcare, the parent organization for Ocean State Urgent...
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