A Superior Court judge has set a timeline to move forward with a settlement in the court case over the state pension overhaul. The agreement still needs…
Kristin Gourlay
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Lifespan Debuts Single Electronic Health Records System
Rhode Island’s largest health care system, Lifespan, has just thrown the switch on a new electronic medical records system. Now there’s a single record…
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New Program At Rhode Island Hospital Trains Docs To Deal With Addiction Epidemic
Doctors who want more experience treating addiction can apply for a new training program at Rhode Island Hospital. The hospital has just won…
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Interview: Dr. Michael Fine On Four Years Helming Health Dept.
Dr. Michael Fine has led the state’s department of health since 2001. Friday marks his last day at the agency. He came to our studios this week to look…
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How Healthy Is Your County? Providence Needs Improvement.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has released its annual County Health Rankings, and Rhode Island’s counties (Providence in particular) seem to be…
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Public Offers Suggestions For Cutting Medicaid Costs
More than 75 Rhode Islanders packed a small meeting room at the Peacedale Public Library Monday, to share their suggestions for improving Medicaid while…
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Bradley Scores Federal Funding To Train New Docs
A technicality in the law has meant that children’s psychiatric hospitals could not compete for graduate medical education funding from the federal…
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Price Of Life Saving Anti-Overdose Medication Skyrockets
The price of naloxone, a drug that can reverse a drug overdose, has skyrocketed. That’s affecting efforts to prevent overdose deaths. Michelle MacKenzie…
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Are Rhode Islanders Aware Of The Dangers Of Fentanyl?
Rhode Island is still grappling with soaring numbers of drug overdose deaths, many of them involving the painkiller fentanyl. It’s not clear the message…
