Expanded Virtual, Intensive, Short-Term Mental Health Care for RI, MA adults at Brown University Health

Brown University Health Virtual mental Health care - Oct. 8, 2025 - RINewsToday

Blended Program Offers More Specialized, Expanded Services Brown University Health has brought together its adult partial hospital programs at Newport and Rhode Island Hospitals to form the Brown University Health Partial Hospital Program. Fully virtual, the evidence-based treatment delivers intensive, short-term mental health care to adults across Southeastern New England. A partial hospital program (PHP)…

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Providence Biopharma, Ocean Biomedical, Notified of Termination of License Agreements with Brown University, RI Hospital

Ocean Biomedical, a Providence company founded in 2019 and associated with Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital Technologies, received a termination notice for several technology licenses from Elkurt, Inc. The termination was due to alleged breaches, including payment failures and unmet development milestones. On June 9, 2025, Ocean Biomedical, Inc. received a termination notice from…

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When protests against terrorizing communities, terrorize communities

Megaphone held outside emergency entrance sign.

In Providence, there seems to be no concern about loud demonstrations happening at locations that have nothing to do with the issue being demonstrated about. They wear their First Amendment rights as a steel shield. Anything goes. Or does it? One such event happened on Thursday when a group identifying themselves as the RI Party…

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R.I.H., a place for healing? – David Brussat

A large brick building with a clock tower.

by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo: Rhode Island Hospital’s Southwest Pavilion, 1900, Stone, Carpenter & Willson. (PPS) Editor’s note: Two days ago I received a pacemaker at Rhode Island Hospital. I was discharged yesterday, and just by chance I happened upon this old post from 2016 about the proposed demolition of…

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COVID Recovery – Michael Morse

A hospital emergency sign is lit up at dusk.

by Michael Morse, contributing writer Easter Sunday, noon. In bed. COVID positive. Fever. Exhausted. Same day, a few hours later, sitting on edge of bed, uncontrolled coughing. Throat on fire. Can’t swallow, airway closing. “Don’t wait too long” echoes in my head. My doctor is out – obviously. Doctor on call can’t do anything without seeing…

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Merger fever – Richard Asinof

Rhode island foundation logo with the words core new england and lifespan.

by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer The RI Foundation weighs in with its assessment of the proposed merger of Care New England, Brown and Lifespan — but what is missing? It was big week for news around mergers of health systems in Rhode Island. R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha announced that application under the Hospital…

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