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OVERSEER: The Miriam Hospital President Maria Ducharme talks about the construction planned at the hospital for the next few years. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

HOSPITAL MAKEOVERS: Health systems look for shot in the arm from...

The administrative wing of The Miriam Hospital on Providence’s East Side is a mess these days, and hospital President Maria Ducharme couldn’t be happier...
ALL IN: The administrative wing at The Miriam Hospital in Providence will be demolished to make way for a new emergency department and other facilities. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Hospitals make their bets on new projects to survive

State health care leaders for months have warned of a hospital system in financial crisis. Yet several local hospitals recently finished or are moving...

Rhode to Work 2025

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PAPERWORK: Rivka Reynolds, a peer recovery counselor with Thrive Behavioral Health Inc., fills out some paperwork in her organization’s West Warwick office.
PBN PHOTO/PAUL SPETRINI

‘There is a way out’ of mental illness; treatment demand growing...

Rivka Reynolds was a longtime activities director for an agency serving people with dementia when a post-traumatic stress disorder forced her to stop working...
Dr. Patrick Vivier / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

UNHEALTHY STATE:
‘[R.I.] simply does not have the health care
workforce … to...

Rhode Island is facing a serious shortageof health care providers, often leaving residents scrambling to find care. Primary care is exceedingly difficult to attain,...
Madison Wholey / COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND HEALTH SYSTEM

SAVING LIVES: ‘I craved the adrenaline rush of the emergency department’

Almost immediately after graduating FROMRhode Island College’s nursing program in 2024, Madison Wholey took a job at The Miriam Hospital focused on medical surgical...

Rhode Islanders are slow to get the COVID-19 shot this year....

Nurse practitioner Michaela Maynard braced for a barrage of questions and concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine. But most patients at Open Door Health in Providence,...

Sullivan stepping down as leader of Women & Infants Hospital

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Shannon Sullivan is stepping down as president and chief operating officer of Women & Infants Hospital.  Sullivan, who has led Women &...

Creating URI medical school deemed ‘viable and necessary’ in final feasibility...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island should move forward with creating a public medical school at the University of Rhode Island, according to a final feasibility...

Health of R.I. workforce is all of our jobs

Rising drug prices, skyrocketing hospital costs, and high-cost claims are hammering employers across the country. Rhode Island is no exception.   While there are efforts...
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