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PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) approved, with conditions, the proposed affiliation between Westerly Hospital (LMW Healthcare) and Yale-New Haven Health Services Corporation. "We looked very closely at the application and issued a decision with a series of patient- and community-focused conditions," said Director of Health NICOLE ALEXANDER- SCOTT, MD, MPH . RIDOH accepted an affiliation application from the orga- nizations on June 11, 2016. A public meeting about the affil- iation was held in Westerly on August 2, 2016. Some of the conditions of the decision include that the new hospital must: . Submit a plan for the delivery of primary care within an integrated healthcare delivery system for physical (including oral health) and behavioral health (including mental health and substance use) in the new hospital's service area;