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Ensuring better access and more health equity

WebConvergenceRI: When you talk about health equity, one of the largest health equity zones is the Central Providence HEZ, which has ONE Neighborhood Builders as …

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A healthy home alliance seeks to rebuild RI from the ground up

WebA data-driven, evidence-based alliance connects the dots between jobs, health, education and prosperity. A map that shows the pathway to move from unhealthy to healthy …

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Entering a brave new world of communications in health care

WebPROVIDENCE – Everything in the world of health care has been turned upside down by the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, including the way that government leaders have …

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Making health equity zones part of the RI vernacular

WebPROVIDENCE – Work has been underway during the last three years to establish 10 Health Equity Zones, or HEZ, in Rhode Island communities, under the direction of the R.I. …

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New health care institute launched at RIC to meet industry …

WebPROVIDENCE – The new Institute for Education in Healthcare at Rhode Island College, led by Marianne Raimondo, an assistant professor in the School of …

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Health, not health care: putting health needs of a community first

WebSCITUATE – A new community health facility is scheduled to open this fall in a renovated storefront at the Scituate Village Marketplace shopping plaza off Route 6, …

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How did health care become a commodity

WebPROVIDENCE – In reporting on health equity and health care in Rhode Island, I have begun to talk about the concept of health care as a commodity: something …

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Transforming health and wellness in Central Falls

WebA new Neighborhood Health Station facility being built on Broad Street promises to transform the health and economy of residents living in the square-mile city, …

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Finding common ground on future food policy in RI

WebFinding common ground on future food policy in RI With the state’s first food strategy in the works, the connection between achieving better public health outcomes …

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It is not about us and them, it is about we

WebWAKEFIELD – On Oct. 9, in the main lobby of South County Hospital, the tangible results of one of the first 11 Health Equity Zones in Rhode Island was unveiled: …

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A report from the front lines of telehealth

WebThe practice of telehealth has emerged during the past five months as an innovative necessity during the coronavirus pandemic, in order to continue to deliver …

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Taking the pulse of primary care in the age of the ACO

WebR.I. Primary Care Physicians also created its own electronic health record system 12 years ago, known as EpiCHART electronic health record system, in response to the health IT …

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Why Central Falls is changing the health care landscape

WebThe health clinic at Central Falls High School, in partnership with Blackstone Valley Community Health Care and its new Neighborhood Health Station, has been able …

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Rhode Island joins effort to improve maternal health outcomes

WebThe need to improve maternal health was identified in the Community Health Assessment conducted in 2019 as a statewide imperative. Data from the R.I. …

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The heartbeat of community

WebSince her private practice first opened its doors two years ago on Feb. 3, 2020, Nelken, with strong support from Central Falls Mayor Maria Rivera, has reshaped health care delivery …

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A pediatrician takes on COVID in Central Falls

WebThe untold story of how a dedicated physician, deploying an Abbott testing machine, has attempted to flatten the curve of infection in the state’s smallest city. Dr. …

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Why are STDs on the rise in Rhode Island

WebAmidst rising statewide rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Rhode Island, the opposite occurred on July 1, when the Whitmarsh Clinic’s doors were quietly …

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Care New England talks about its new ACO, Integra

WebThe architects behind Care New England’s ACO, Integra, talk at length about the business model for health care delivery that the hospital system has embraced, with the …

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Exposing the pitfalls in private equity financing of hospitals

WebPart ONE PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha showed his true grit, acting as the state’s number-one public health advocate with authority granted …

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Ripping up the rules

WebThe effort by the Trump administration to do away with regulation begs the question: what exactly is in those burdensome regulations? Overall, businesses have not …

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The state’s co-dependence upon Optum is not optimal

WebOptum’s revenue per covered individual increased by more than 30 percent from the first quarter of 2021, compared to the same time period this year 2022. In 2019, …

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