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STORY OF THE WEEK: Back in the day, the approach of the end of February would signal the time for the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies – the bygone annual satiric sendup of the year in Rhode …
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2/21/24
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State officials and early childhood educators alike packed Little Learners Academy on Centreville Road November 1 to celebrate the Child Care for Child Care Educators pilot program.
In total, …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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11/9/23
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As the mayor, Frank Picozzi gets called on to recognize special events, such as Mary Gatta's 100th birthday that he helped celebrate with residents of Greenwood Terrace, the opening of new businesses and …
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11/2/22
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Kids didn’t need much water when there were so many bubbles to play in at Building Blocks Child Care Center in Apponaug. Maddie Tyrell at the center said the center used to rent a foam machine …
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7/27/22
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Members of Care New England’s Marketing Department recently attended the New England Society for Healthcare Communications’ (NESHCo) annual conference in Portland, Maine where they …
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6/30/22
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By JOHN HOWELL
If he had it to do all over again, Ed Laudouceur would have applied the energy he does to his business and to causes he believes in to his education. Then he would have had a shot …
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6/1/22
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To the Editor, As a social service clinician on the geriatric unit at Butler Hospital, it is both disheartening and infuriating to watch Governor McKee delay the Nursing Home Staffing and Quality Care Act, legislation he already signed
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2/8/22
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A partnership reinforced by the pandemic moved closer to becoming reality on Friday when Lifespan and Care New England submitted a revised Hospital Conversions Act (HCA) application with the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Rhode Island Office
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10/6/21
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To the Editor: Let me preface this letter by briefly introducing myself. My name is Catherine Girard, and I am the daughter of Eviginia Skodras, a 96-year-old participant in the Apponaug Cornerstone Adult Day Program. My professional background was as a
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4/8/21
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The ongoing battle over the CharterCARE hospitals - Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence and Our Lady of Fatima in North Providence - began quietly. Max Wistow, the lawyer known for representing the state in its litigation over 38 Studios, in July
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3/3/21
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By DANIEL KITTREDGE After years of talks - and, at times, acrimony - the state's two largest health care systems have reached agreement on a merger. The new entity formed from the combination of Lifespan and Care New England would also bring Brown
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By DANIEL KITTREDGE
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2/25/21
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(Courtesy of Riley Baez-Bradway) Back in the 1800s, the people of Rhode Island had an interesting selection of doctors they could visit to have their medical needs attended to. At least one of those early-day non-traditional physicians lies at rest in Cranston's
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(Courtesy of Riley Baez-Bradway)
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1/14/21
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Project Undercover, the R.I. Coalition Against Domestic Violence, House of Hope CDC and the R.I. Parents Information Network are among Warwick nonprofits that have received grants from the Rhode …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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12/31/20
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By ARDEN BASTIA On Dec. 16, Gov. Gina Raimondo announced that the Department of Health is drafting emergency regulation on minimum staff-to-patient ratios in nursing homes, without legislative approval. While the plan is still being finalized, spokesman
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By ARDEN BASTIA
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12/24/20
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By CRAIG CONWAY Greg Andrade, RN, has been in the adult day care business for 21 years. In September, he received his license to operate Andrade Adult Day Care at 1755 Bald Hill Road in Warwick in the lower level of the Lazy Boy building, formerly
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By CRAIG CONWAY
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12/3/20
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An estimated 900 Warwick members of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island will have uninterrupted access to integrated managed care services through 2023 under a recently announced three-year extension of contracts. In a press release Neighborhood
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11/19/20
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Aaron Mackisey, independent candidate for Warwick City Council in Ward 9, is calling on the Warwick City Council to pass a resolution urging Gov. Raimondo to release CARES Act funding to Rhode Island municipalities. According to the R.I. League of Cities
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10/29/20
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Smith appointed to new role at Care NE Raina C. Smith has been appointed director of public relations, media relations, communications and government affairs for all of Care New England's hospitals, clinics and service lines, effective July 12. She will
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By JOHN HOWELL
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8/19/20
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By JOHN HOWELL -- With the announcement last week that Care New England is a step closer to becoming a part of Partners HealthCare of Boston, CNE prepared a list of "talking points"...
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By John Howell
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1/30/18
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By JOHN HOWELL -- Rhode Islanders would be the losers if Brown University and Prospect Medical Holdings based in California were to acquire Care New England Health System, says the man who ran Kent Hospital for the past five years.
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By John Howell
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1/16/18
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