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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

R.I. healthcare system struggles to make recovery

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...
Dr. Michael Wagner

Driving Forces: Dr. Michael Wagner

Dr. Michael Wagner Care New England Health System CEO and president DR. MICHAEL WAGNER may be stepping down as CEO and president of Care New England...

CharterCARE Health of Rhode Island selects chief of thoracic surgery

PROVIDENCE – CharterCARE Health of Rhode Island has named Dr. Ciaran J. McNamee as the hospital system’s new chief of thoracic surgery and thoracic diseases. McNamee comes to CharterCARE Health with more than two decades of academic practice, surgery...

Providence building occupied by Anchor Recovery Community Center sells for $990K

PROVIDENCE – A commercial property at 310 Reservoir Ave., occupied by Anchor Recovery Community Center, sold for $990,000, according to Sweeney Real Estate &...

PBN celebrates 40th anniversary with business community

PAWTUCKET – Providence Business News on Thursday celebrated four decades of providing business journalism to Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts at its 40th Anniversary...

Wagner stepping down as leader of Care New England

PROVIDENCE – Four years after assuming his role as CEO and president of Care New England Health System, Dr. Michael Wagner is stepping down.  CNE...
GRAND ­ENTRANCE: An $81 million expansion project at Kent County Memorial Hospital in Warwick will include a remodeling of the hospital’s lobby. The work is expected to be completed by the spring of 2028. 
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Kent Hospital’s $81M expansion targets areas of demand

For Rhode Islanders, a visit to a hospital emergency room takes longer on average than it would in almost any other state in the...
INTERNS AND RESIDENTS represented by the Committee of Interns and Residents rallied outside Rhode Island Hospital on June 5 as the union attempts to negotiate its first contract with Brown University Health. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER ALLEN

At hospitals, both management and residents feeling financial woes

While lawmakers on Smith Hill were busy putting the final touches on the state’s fiscal 2027 $15.2 billion budget, a first-of-its-kind labor action was...

Care New England says it had a $35.4M loss in first...

PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System says it lost $35.4 million in operations in the first six months of its fiscal year, which...
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Most-read stories on PBN.com, May 2026

1. Care New England cutting more than 30 leadership, nonclinical jobs. POSTED ONLINE: MAY 26 Care New England Health System is eliminating more than...
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