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Newport Hospital birthing center to remain open, will require $4.9M in...

NEWPORT – The Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center at Newport Hospital will remain open following the review of a community advisory panel but will...

Does Rhode Island need a multiyear primary care transformation plan with...

The Centurion Foundation’s recent purchase of financially ailing Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital has at least for now averted...

Bryant, Brown create pathway program for Master of Public Health degree

PROVIDENCE – A new partnership between Bryant University’s School of Health and Behavioral Sciences and Brown University’s School of Public Health will provide Bryant...
DR. CHRISTOPHER OTTIANO, second from left, interim chief medical officer and medical director at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, speaks during one of two panel discussions during Providence Business News' Health Care Summit at Marriott Providence on Thursday. Also on the panel are, from left, Joseph Trunzo, associate director of Bryant University's School of Health and Behavioral Sciences; Linda Hurley, CODAC Inc. CEO and president; and Meghan Grady, Meals on Wheels of RI Inc. executive director. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN health care summit: Multifaceted approach needed to repair R.I.’s ailing...

PROVIDENCE – When primary care providers choose to practice in Massachusetts or Connecticut over Rhode Island, it’s not about luxury.  Across the board, the Ocean...

Brown Health to host free screenings for breast, cervical cancers

PROVIDENCE – Uninsured and underinsured individuals seeking screening for breast and cervical cancer can access these services for free at Rhode Island Hospital on Saturday, April 11. Appointments include clinical...

Ninth annual R.I. Trans Health Conference to take place May 30

PROVIDENCE – Queer RI, a collaborative hub of LGBTQ+ resources in Rhode Island and beyond, will present the ninth annual Rhode Island Trans Health...

URI honors pharmacy dean emeritus with ethics, excellence award

PROVIDENCE – The University of Rhode Island earlier this month recognized Dean Emeritus Paul Larrat with its Norman A. Campbell Award for Excellence and Ethics in Health Care. The award...

CharterCARE to pay Providence $3.7M under tax agreement

PROVIDENCE – CharterCARE Health of Rhode Island, the parent company of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, will pay the...

SEC filing of the week: Retired health executive joins CVS board

WOONSOCKET – John E. Gallina, a former executive with Elevance Health Inc., has been elected to CVS Health Corp.’s board of directors.  In the company’s filing...
Michael Sroczynski / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Five Questions With: Michael Sroczynski

Michael Sroczynski | President, Hospital Association of Rhode Island 1. What do you see as the greatest challenge facing Rhode Island’s health care system?...
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