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TURNAROUND TIME? Brown University Health has recently made leadership changes at Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, which lost $8.9 million in fiscal 2025. The losses have continued in 2026.  PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Cross-border toll: Brown Health’s Mass. facilities have lost millions; will it...

Cover Story 07/03/2026

When state Rep. Lauren H. Carson saw Brown University Health’s financial performance earlier this year, she was fuming. Rhode Island’s largest health system reported a...

ECONOMIC ILLS: Brown University Health’s 2024 purchase of two Massachusetts hospitals, including Saint Anne’s in Fall River, has led to significant financial losses.  PBN FILE PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Brown Health losses raise fears for R.I. services

Editorial and Op-Ed 07/03/2026

Brown University Health insists losses tied to two ailing Massachusetts hospitals have no bearing on financial decisions affecting Rhode Island operations. But they can’t convince...

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.  COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND HEALTH SYSTEM

Kent Hospital’s $81M expansion targets areas of demand

Health Matters 06/19/2026

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

Editor's Choice 06/12/2026

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...

GROWING GAP: Brown University Health nurse practitioner Pamela Lauria, who is also a Democratic state senator representing Barrington and East Providence, worries that the concierge care model, in which patients pay a monthly or annual fee to see a provider with a smaller patient load, will intensify disparities in the statewide healthcare system. PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Rise of concierge healthcare has raised concerns

Government 05/22/2026

As a nurse practitioner at Brown University Health’s East Greenwich office, Pamela Lauria has met with new patients who tell her that she’s their...

Champlin Foundation grants $12.1M to 103 R.I. organizations

Economic Activity 05/19/2026

CRANSTON – The Champlin Foundation on Tuesday awarded $12.1 million in grants to 103 organizations across 28 cities and towns throughout Rhode Island to...

DOULA SESSION: Rachelle Friesen, co-president of the nonprofit Doulas of Rhode Island, speaks to a gathering at Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket as part of the group’s statewide “Meet the Doulas” awareness campaign.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Demand for doulas in R.I. rises after insurance change

Focus 04/24/2026

What a difference a few years have made for doulas in Rhode Island. Doulas provide physical and emotional support to expectant mothers, before, during and...

OVERDOSE DETECTION: The R.I. Department of Health has launched a new portal, the Overdose Spike Alert System, that enables state officials to better “situational awareness” about overdoses in the state.  AP FILE PHOTO/TOBY TALBOT

New tracking system gives clearer picture of overdoses in R.I.

Focus 04/24/2026

For the first time since 2023, the R.I. Department of Health in March issued a statewide overdose spike alert. From March 10-16, the state health...

RHODE ISLAND’S seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February was 4.6%, up from 4.5% in January, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training. / AP FILE PHOTO/LYNNE SLADKY

R.I. monthly unemployment rises to 4.6% in February

Economic Activity 04/16/2026

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February was 4.6%, up from 4.5% in January, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training...