Jacquelyn Voghel

FALL RIVER – Two doctors at Saint Anne’s Hospital recently became the first in southeastern Massachusetts to perform a pioneering procedure for patients with uncontrolled hypertension. The procedure, a renal denervation, targets overactive nerves in renal arteries, which carry blood from the heart to the kidneys. These nerves play a key role in increasing blood pressure to unsafe levels. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved […]

It doesn’t take a clinical degree to diagnose why Rhode Island has difficulty retaining health care providers who completed their education in the Ocean State. Rhode Island notoriously lags its neighboring states by about 20% in reimbursement rates across medical services. And with degree programs that easily surpass $100,000 in tuition for doctors and mid-level […]

PROVIDENCE – In recognition of National Public Health Week, the R.I. Department of Health last week launched a new campaign to broaden public awareness of resources and services. The campaign, “Better State of Healthy,” follows research showing that many Rhode Islanders lack familiarity with RIDOH and its breadth of services, the department said. This research was drawn from focus groups, discussion […]

NEWPORT – The New England Medical Innovation Center and Brown University Health will partner to host a June hack-a-thon centered on finding real-world solutions to health care staffing shortages.   The NEMIC Aquidneck Island Frontline Healthcare Innovation Challenge will bring together nurses, medtech experts, university students, community partners, and other health care professionals in an effort to tackle some of the […]

As a nurse of three years in Roger Williams Medical ­Center’s Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Joanna Sanzone has supported patients facing harrowing diagnoses and critical procedures. But in early 2025, Sanzone found herself trying to reassure patients through yet another upheaval: the possibility that the unit, which is the only one of its kind […]

PROVIDENCE – A partnership between the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing and HopeHealth will provide students with new clinical, training, research and professional opportunities in hospice and palliative care. Under the formal academic-practice program, announced on May 7, HopeHealth will host clinical rotations and advanced practice experiences for URI nursing students. The hospice and palliative care provider will also work with the university to […]

As a nurse practitioner at Brown University Health’s East Greenwich office, Pamela Lauria has met with new patients who tell her that she’s their fourth primary care provider within the past two years. It’s a troubling, but perhaps not shocking, reality. In 2025, the Rhode Island Medical Society estimated that in less than one year, […]

PROVIDENCE – Brown University Health cardiologist Dr. Jinnette Dawn Abbott has been selected to lead an internationally extending nonprofit, the health system announced last week. Abbott was named president of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions at the organization’s Scientific Sessions Summit, held in Montreal in late April. The Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit represents more than 5,000 members in 75 countries. Abbott […]

PAWTUCKET – A new partnership between the R.I. Life Science Hub and The Pawtucket Foundation will help communities that have been historically underrepresented in the healthcare workforce to access education and career opportunities. The initiative, known as the Life Sciences Career Awareness Program, will take a three-pronged approach that includes outreach to underrepresented communities; offering […]

In recent decades, prospective homebuyers have largely been met by the color gray when touring houses. “Often, there’s this concept that something completely neutralized appeals to people,” said Andrea Belanger, a real estate agent for 10 years. But Belanger, who has long gravitated toward vintage, never felt at home among generic spaces. And in recent […]