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Does primary care plan have a shot at solving crisis?

Health Services 05/09/2025

Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s new multipronged plan to shore up the state’s sinking primary care system has some in the industry questioning whether it...

INPATIENT REHAB: Daniel Parkinson is the CEO of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Johnston, a rehab facility that opened last year. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Foes of Johnston rehab hospital now say it’s a success

Focus 04/25/2025

At first, Encompass Health Corp.’s pitch to build an inpatient rehabilitation hospital was met with objections from local health care leaders who argued that...

AS MUCH AS 25,000 Rhode Islanders may be left without a primary care provider after Anchor Medical Associates closes by June 30, leaving some scrambling to ease the strain it will cause on the state's already fragile health care system. / PBN FILE PHOTO

Is Anchor Medical’s closure spurring action to solve primary care?

Editor's Choice 04/18/2025

The looming closure of Anchor Medical Associates has highlighted a critical dilemma facing Rhode Island’s health system: Tens of thousands of patients are in...

HOUSE CALL: Dr. Tyler Weisberger, left, who works for Kent County Memorial Hospital’s Hospital at Home program, examines Doris Witt at her Warwick home. Witt was admitted to Kent in early March after experiencing symptoms from her congestive heart failure. The Hospital at Home program allowed her to be discharged early but still receive hospital-level care.  COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND HEALTH SYSTEM

Hospitals see benefits to bringing care home

Government 03/28/2025

When 90-year-old Doris Witt was taken to the hospital a few weeks ago because she was having trouble breathing, the elderly Warwick resident wasn’t...

HARI expresses support for health care legislation

Government 03/23/2025

PROVIDENCE – The Hospital Association of Rhode Island recently announced its support for legislation that has been introduced into the General Assembly. “Rhode Island’s health...

HARI: R.I. hospitals generate $11.7B in economic output in 2024

Health Services 03/09/2025

PROVIDENCE – Hospitals in Rhode Island supported more than 60,000 jobs and generated about $11.7 billion in economic output in 2024, according to a...

Foulkes takes lead over McKee in Q4 donations

Economic Activity 02/05/2025

Gov. Daniel J. McKee managed to persuade a pair of local unions to call off their planned pickets outside his fundraiser Monday night. But...

HARI: McKee’s budget will worsen health care crisis in R.I.

Economic Activity 01/17/2025

PROVIDENCE – The Hospital Association of Rhode Island is raising concerns over Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s proposal to cut millions in hospital funding. McKee unveiled...