PROVIDENCE – John C. Langenus has joined Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island as the newest member of its board of directors, the health insurer announced on June 5. more

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital has expanded its emergency services, adding a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unit, the first hospital in New England to do so. more

Rhode Island Hospital is joining a national research study to assess the treatment of traumatic brain injury with the naturally occurring hormone progesterone. more

PROVIDENCE – A $1 million, four-year grant by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation will help residents and practicing physicians learn how healthy aging and its interactions with disease affect older patients. more

WASHINGTON – Edwin J. Santos, chairman of the board of Chartercare Health Partners, was recognized as a “Grassroots Champion” by the American Hospital Association, in partnership with the Hospital Association of Rhode Island, officials announced on May 28. more

PROVIDENCE – A “Payment Reform Summit” will discuss leading payment-reform models, the terms used to describe them, and what they might mean for Rhode Island. more

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Ikenna Okereke has been appointed chief of thoracic surgery at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital. He previously served as assistant professor of surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine and chief of thoracic surgery at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis. more

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital is joining a national research study to assess the treatment of traumatic brain injury with the naturally occurring hormone progesterone. more

The Providence Center celebrated the opening of the Joyce House, a new program that will house homeless veterans with mental health and substance abuse problems with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee and Mayor Angel Taveras on Monday. more