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THE ­RESPONDERS: 
Jeffrey Liebman, left, CEO of CharterCARE Health of Rhode ­Island, and Ben Mingle, chairman and CEO of The Centurion Foundation, are leading the effort to revive Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

TO THE RESCUE? Centurion’s effort to save 2 safety-net hospitals just...

As a nurse of three years in Roger Williams Medical ­Center’s Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Joanna Sanzone has supported patients facing harrowing diagnoses...
LYNN BLAIS, president of the United Nursing & Allied Professionals, is among the people in the health care sector who have expressed skepticism about the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact, in which both Rhode Island and Massachusetts are members. PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Mass. joins multistate nursing compact, but where does that leave R.I.?

While many in Massachusetts are celebrating the state joining the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact as a way to reduce the shortage of nurses, opinions...
HELP ON THE WAY? Nurses Leah Kosteva, foreground, and Mary O’Reilly prep a room at Rhode Island Hospital. The state has reentered the Nurse Licensure Compact, which would allow nurses to work in multiple states without obtaining a new nursing license in each of those states. Joining the compact may assist the recruitment of nurses to Rhode Island. 
COURTESY ­LIFESPAN CORP./WILLIAM MURPHY

R.I. reenters Nurse Licensure Compact to stave off potential hospital staff...

After seeing what the shortage of health care workers did to Rhode Island hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, the state decided to reenter the...

Rhode Island rejoins multistate nurse licensure compact

PROVIDENCE – Following a six-year pause, Rhode Island has opted back into a shared licensure program that allows nurses to practice throughout most of...

UNAP ratifies 3-year contract with CharterCARE

PROVIDENCE – Health care workers at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, Roger Williams Medical Center, and CharterCARE Home Health Services have voted to ratify...

Unions back Care New England independence; others await more details

PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System on July 6 announced that it would operate independently and turn down all offers to merge with...
BOWING OUT: Care New England Health System CEO and President Dr. James E. Fanale is planning to retire early next year. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

With CEO set to leave, Care New England at crossroads

While the CEO and president of Care New England Health System is planning an exit in the wake of a failed merger, Dr. James...
WESTERLY HOSPITAL and United Nurses & Allied Professionals, a union group, have reached agreement on a three-year contract extension. / COURTESY WESTERLY HOSPITAL

Westerly Hospital, employee union agree on 3-year contract extension

WESTERLY – Westerly Hospital and its United Nurses & Allied Professionals unionized workers have agreed on a three-year extension to an existing collective bargaining...

UNAP votes ‘no confidence’ in Lifespan Corp. CEO, R.I. Hospital president

PROVIDENCE — Members of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5098 at Rhode Island Hospital voted “no confidence” in Lifespan CEO Timothy Babineau...

R.I. Hospital, Hasbro Hospital strike on as Lifespan, UNAP end talks

PROVIDENCE — Contract talks between United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5098 and Lifespan Corp. ordered by a federal mediator ended this morning with...
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