Katie Castellani
Reporter at Providence Business News
reporter @ProvBusNews Previously: @RTDnews @urjournalism @urcollegian Open to tips: [email protected]
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4 days ago |
pbn.com | Katie Castellani
FALL RIVER – Southcoast Health recently announced that all surgical locations earned the Go Clear Award from the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, AORN, as a Excellence in Surgical Safety: Smoke Evacuation. “We are proud to earn the AORN Go Clear™ Award and this recognition reflects our ongoing dedication to the health and safety of our patients, providers and staff.
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4 days ago |
pbn.com | Katie Castellani
April 11-17 is recognized as Black Maternal health week, Danielle Simmons, a Family Nurse Practitioner in the Hypertension Equity Program at Women & Infants Hospital answered PBN’s questions about this and maternal health challenges Black women face. PBN: Why is April 11-17 recognized as Black Maternal Health Week? SIMMONS: Black Maternal Health Week was initiated in 2018 by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance.
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4 days ago |
pbn.com | Katie Castellani
PROVIDENCE – On April 26, Brown University Health Cancer and Community Health Institutes will host a breast and cervical cancer screening program, education and outreach program. The event will take place at Rhode Island Hospital from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is for underinsured and uninsured women 21 years old and older. It is free and open to the public and no medical insurance is needed to participate. There are 50 appointments available for Rhode Islanders during the April 26th event.
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4 days ago |
pbn.com | Katie Castellani
PROVIDENCE – In observance of National Sexually Transmitted Infection Awareness Week, the R.I. Department of Health recently highlighted some campaigns and interventions it has implemented to address rising STI rates. In March, the department 2023 Rhode Island HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Viral Hepatitis, and Tuberculosis Surveillance Report. This showed that after a drop in STI cases during the COVID-19 pandemic, STI rates have started to rebound.
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1 week ago |
pbn.com | Katie Castellani
The looming closure of Anchor Medical Associates has highlighted a critical dilemma facing Rhode Island’s health system: Tens of thousands of patients are in need of primary care, but medical practices are struggling to recruit doctors needed to care for them. On April 4, Anchor Medical, a primary care physician group, announced it was closing its three locations in Lincoln, Providence and Warwick by June 30. This is expected to leave 25,000 Rhode Islanders without a primary care provider.
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https://t.co/5UkTRgUTXL Access to family and reproductive health care for thousands of Rhode Islanders is in question after the Trump administration froze Title X funding
Notable director, M. Night Shyamalan, and best-selling author, Nicholas Sparks, are teaming up on a movie that is set to be filmed in the Ocean State. https://t.co/M3LiM2fqvI
RIHEBC has approved up to $165M in bonds needed to finance the sale of Roger Williams Medical Center and Fatima Hospital. S&P gave the bonds a BB- rating with a negative outlook. https://t.co/JvY4b9WLXT