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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 …

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Plans for a new, statewide health care compact emerge

WEBPROVIDENCE – Under the guidance of Rhode Island Foundation President Neil Steinberg and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a group of “key health care leaders” has …

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What it means to be a barometer of truth

WEBPROVIDENCE – It is two weeks since the Rhode Island Foundation released its study of health care costs conducted by Manatt. But, after the initial burst of interest …

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Toward a more inclusive health information exchange

WEBHere in Rhode Island, the R.I. General Assembly took the momentous step this past session in changing the legal framework for the state’s health information …

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Finding common ground on future food policy in RI

WEBAs Rhode Island moves forward with strategic planning on how to market its food sector as a economic development platform, the connection to public health and …

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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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What we talk about when we talk about community needs

WEBCall it a shift in the paradigm of thinking about health care delivery, but the 2019 community health needs assessment conducted by the Hospital Association of …

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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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Open Door Health: the name says it all

WEBPROVIDENCE – Open Door Health, the first LGBTQ health care center in Rhode Island, is currently under construction and scheduled to open in the fall at its location on 7 Central …

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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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Blackstone Valley earns top rewards for quality care, health IT

WEBHere in Rhode Island, HRSA made quality improvement awards totaling $615,878 to eight community health centers. Blackstone Valley Community Health Care …

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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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BH Link opens as hotline, crisis and triage center

WEBEAST PROVIDENCE – It was standing room only on Friday, Nov. 9, as more than 100 members of the news media, dignitaries and government officials …

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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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All we do, it seems, is wait

WEBNEW YORK – It is late summer, and rivulets of sweat down the back remind you that humidity plus summer heat can turn a New York City subway station into an …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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New film, The Armor of Light, seeks common ground on gun …

WEBNEW YORK CITY – It was a huge weekend in New York City.The Mets played the third, fourth and fifth games of the World Series on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, and …

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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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Striking a pose at age 70 something

WEBAs a regular contributor to ConvergenceRI, Toby Simon provides a valuable voice that is all too often missing from most news media outlets: how her young granddaughter learned …

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