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BVCHC Acts as Outreach Partner in National Campaign

July 13th, 2010 //  Starting today, Blackstone Valley Community Health Care will do its part to promote a free mobile information service. Text4baby was designed to promote maternal and child health and provides pregnant… read more

Express Health Care

July 6th, 2010 //  Blackstone Valley Community Health Care has added more extended hours! Express Health Care is available at our Pawtucket location, 42 Park Place, every Saturday and Sunday from 8:30am – 4:30pm.… read more

Medical Director Published in Providence Business News

May 17th, 2010 //  Dr. Jerald Fingerut discusses how the recent, historic flooding has served as a pilot for Electronic Health Records (EHR) information management. Click here to read the entire article. read more

BVCHC Honored at Reach Out and Read (ROR) Rhode Island Breakfast

May 12th, 2010 //  On Wednesday, May 12th, Reach Out and Read Rhode Island hosted their 10th Anniversary Seussical Celebration Breakfast. During this event, Blackstone Valley Community Health Care received the 3rd Annual Prescribe… read more

Dr. Brandie Ard Featured in Local Women's Publication

April 7th, 2010 //  She Shines, a publication by YWCA Northern Rhode Island, recently highlighted Dr. Brandie Ard and her commitment to Blackstone Valley Community Health Care’s Dental Clinic. A dentist with BVCHC since… read more

H1N1 Vaccine

March 29th, 2010 //  Update The H1N1 vaccination is available to all patients regardless of age group. BVCHC’s current supply is for BVCHC patients and non-BVCHC patients can contact their primary care physician or… read more

BVCHC Participates in Diabetes Dental Collaborative

March 26th, 2010 //  BVCHC’s Dental Department will participate in the Rhode Island Diabetes Dental Office Collaborative (RIDDOC) research study, conducted by the University at Buffalo and funded by Delta Dental of Rhode Island.… read more

Governor Appoints BVCHC Provider to Search Committee

March 19th, 2010 //  Recently, Dr. Peter Howland served on Governor Carcieri’s search committee to find a new Rhode Island Child Advocate. This 10-member search committee, which included two Family Court judges, a psychologist… read more

Adriana Vargas Recognized on International Woman's Day

March 12th, 2010 //  Congratulations to Adriana Vargas, BVCHC’s Director of Marketing/Community Outreach, for being recognized on International Woman’s Day, March 8th, 2010 as one of the ten recipients of the 10th Annual Extraordinary… read more

BVCHC Welcomes Dr. Gretchen Paranya

March 2nd, 2010 //  Blackstone Valley Community Health Care is proud to welcome Dr. Gretchen Paranya. Dr. Paranya is an OB/GYN physician and will be seeing patients at our Pawtucket and Central Falls offices.… read more

Dr. Peter Howland Published in Cardiovascular Engineering

December 22nd, 2009 //  Blackstone Valley Community Health Care’s Dr. Peter Howland has recently been published in Cardiovascular Engineering. “A Servo-controlled Canine Model of Stable Severe Ischemic Left Ventricular Failure” was a collaborative effort… read more

Dr. Jeffrey Harris Published in Health Affairs

December 21st, 2009 //  Recently, Blackstone Valley Community Health Care’s Dr. Jeffrey Harris was published in Health Affairs: The Policy Journal for the Health Sphere. His article “Why We Don’t Have an HIV Vaccine,… read more

CHS Grant

October 10th, 2009 //  Practicing physicians have difficult decisions to make all day, every day. In addition to the obvious clinical decisions made in the exam room, providers must also respond to telephone or… read more