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NEIGHBORHOOD PRIDE: Olin Thompson, a Jewelry District resident and amateur historian, points to the architectural features on a stone building at 110 Elm St. that was once a foundry and is now leased by Brown University for administrative and medical offices.  PBN PHOTO/CLAUDIA CHIAPPA

Brown’s land of opportunity: University’s expansion is welcomed but is school...

Cover Story 02/17/2023

Olin Thompson’s Jewelry District walking tour begins at the corner of Richmond and Ship streets in Providence, on a plaza covered in stepped, wooden...

HopeHealth welcomes three new board members

Health Services 02/10/2023

PROVIDENCE – HopeHealth, a hospice, palliative and home health care provider in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, recently welcomed three new members to its board...

IMPROVED RESULTS: Genoa Healthcare General Manager Andrew Terranova says providing buprenorphine treatment for patients at pharmacies can improve substance use disorder outcomes.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Study: Pharmacy access to buprenorphine boosts likelihood of continued treatment

Education 02/03/2023

Andrew Terranova, a pharmacist and general manager at Genoa Healthcare in Providence, was optimistic when his pharmacy signed onto a study intended to create...

DR. MEGAN L. RANNEY will leave Brown University School of Public Health to become the new dean of Yale University School of Public Health on July 1. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Ranney to leave Brown University to become Yale School of Public...

Education 01/31/2023

PROVIDENCE – One of the leading local voices in health care during the COVID-19 pandemic will be leaving the Ocean State to lead a...

Five Questions With: Dr. Dioscaris Garcia

Health Services 01/29/2023

Newly appointed to Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island’s board of directors, Dr. Dioscaris Garcia is the co-director of the Weiss Center for Orthopaedic...

Eric Newton named new president of University Gastroenterology

Health Services 01/27/2023

PROVIDENCE – University Gastroenterology has named Eric Newton its new president. Newton, who has been with the group for over 13 years, is succeeding Eric...

Michael Lee named new medical director of Kent Hospital at Home...

Health Services 01/22/2023

WARWICK – Kent County Memorial Hospital has named Michael Lee the new medical director of its at-home program. Kent Hospital at Home is a program...

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS: Dr. Jared Anderson, standing outside Rhode Island Hospital, where he works as an emergency physician, says electronic health records are beneficial for care but interfaces need to be optimized so doctors aren’t spending so much time on data entry.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Are electronic health records burning out doctors?

Health Matters 01/20/2023

Dr. Oliver Mayorga recalls one time attending to a patient in the Westerly Hospital emergency room who was suffering from cancer. The patient, a Rhode...

Pharmacies could help make opioid treatment meds more accessible, study finds

Health Services 01/15/2023

PROVIDENCE – A new study from researchers at Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital and the University of Rhode Island has shown that having pharmacies...