R.I. healthcare system struggles to make recovery

HANGING HANDS: Roger Williams Medical Center was one of two troubled Rhode Island hospitals – the other was Our Lady of Fatima – purchased by the nonprofit Centurion Foundation in 2026 after taking several years trying to line up financing and obtain approvals. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
HANGING HANDS: Roger Williams Medical Center was one of two troubled Rhode Island hospitals – the other was Our Lady of Fatima – purchased by the nonprofit Centurion Foundation in 2026 after taking several years trying to line up financing and obtain approvals. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Massive cuts to insurance, persistent staffing shortages and widespread financial woes continue to vex Rhode Island’s healthcare system in 2026, though the Ocean State also managed to extinguish some long-burning fires over the past five years. After years of on-and-off merger attempts, the two largest health systems in the state – Lifespan Corp. and Care

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