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Interactive map shows crash data between motorists and pedestrians, cyclists in Providence

Technology 11/14/2023

PROVIDENCE – In the past 13 years, motorists have hit 3,678 cyclists or pedestrians on Providence’s streets — a figure that represents around 2%...

VALUE CONSCIOUS: Samantha Rosenthal, second from the right, associate professor in Johnson & Wales University’s Department of Health Science, speaks during a panel discussion on value-based care models at Providence Business News’ Fall 2023 Health Care Summit on Oct. 25. Also on the panel are, from left, Eric Swain, vice president of sales and account management for UnitedHealthcare of New England Inc.; Dr. Farah Shafi, executive vice president and chief medical officer of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island; Dr. Kristin Russell, chief medical officer of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island; and Corey McCarty, senior vice president and general manager of CCA Health Rhode Island.  PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Value-based care may be a remedy, panelists say

Health Services 11/10/2023

To Eric Swain, the shift toward value-based care models is one of the health care industry’s most exciting developments amid growing quality and affordability...

Chelsea Siefert / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Five Questions With: Chelsea Siefert

5Q 09/29/2023

Chelsea Siefert | Chief operating officer, Quonset Development Corp. 1. What are your top priorities as the new chief operating officer of QDC? Quonset is...

Report: R.I. second-most environmentally friendly state

Energy 09/12/2023

PROVIDENCE – Low energy and water usage propelled Rhode Island to second place in a State Sustainability Index recently compiled by Forbes Home. Rhode Island...

Growth of self storage raising some alarms

Focus 07/07/2023

Driving up Interstate 95 on a recent evening, Richard Godfrey, executive director of Roger Williams University’s real estate program, couldn’t help but notice a...

Proposed ProvPort tax, lease agreement extensions advance despite public protest

Capital Goods 11/28/2022

PROVIDENCE – Controversial extensions to the tax and lease agreements with the operators of Providence's industrial port received preliminary approval from a city panel...

End of National Grid incentive for parking lot solar canopies sparks...

Economic Activity 03/30/2022

PROVIDENCE – After a two-year test run, National Grid has nixed a program that gives developers extra money to build solar canopies on parking...

EMERGENCY CALL: Betty Rambur, professor and Routhier chairperson for practice at the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing, is among the faculty members nationwide asking that action be taken to get more nursing teachers in college classrooms. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

R.I. nursing schools sounding alarm on faculty shortage

Education 02/18/2022

Faced with a crippling staffing crisis at local hospitals, professors at Rhode Island’s public colleges say it’s time to solve a long-standing problem with...