Tag: RIDOH
CDC terminates $31M in federal grants to RIDOH
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has canceled about $31 million in grant funding allocated to the R.I. Department of...
McKee, RIDOH highlight need for investment in primary health care workers
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and Dr. Jerome Larkin, director of the R.I. Department of Health, were recently joined by health care workers...
PRIMARY DUTIES: Nurse practitioners playing bigger role as doctors disappear
Erica Ogni’s workday starts early and is chock full, with as many as two dozen patients trooping through her exam room at South County...
PBN’s most-read stories of 2024
From high-profile corporate layoffs to controversial real estate sales, fallout from the Washington Bridge shutdown and organization leadership shakeups, the top stories of 2024...
RIDOH suspends EMT for failing to submit dozens of electronic patient...
BURRILLVILLE – An emergency medical technician is facing a two-week suspension after failing to submit dozens of required electronic patient care reports in one...
RIDOH revokes registration of nursing assistant accused of sexually assaulting patient
WARREN – The R.I. Department of Health has revoked the registration of a nursing assistant charged with sexually assaulting a patient.
Erick Sajche Meza was...
R.I. Infrastructure Bank provides $1.4M to study PFAS in drinking water
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank has awarded a $1.4 million grant to the University of Rhode Island’s Cooperative Extension to continue its...
2 CVS employees face criminal charges, suspended by RIDOH
PROVIDENCE – Two CVS Health Corp. workers in Rhode Island are facing felony charges after they allegedly stole drugs from the stores they were...
South County Health board issues vote of confidence for leadership amid...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – South County Health’s board of trustees gave a unanimous vote of confidence to CEO Aaron Robinson and the executive leadership team...
Nursing assistant’s license suspended after arrest, inappropriate relationship with patient
PROVIDENCE – A nursing assistant’s license has been suspended after the R.I. Department of Health found she was arrested for trespassing and had an...
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