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FIRST CONSTRUCTED in mid-April, the Cranston field hospital, operated by the Care New England Health System, has yet to see a single patient. However, experts believe it may be used in the coming weeks due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in the state. / PBN PHOTO / ALEXA GAGOSZ

CNE, state confirm: R.I. will be ready to open a field...

Coronavirus November 13, 2020 11:28 am

CRANSTON – As the state’s hospitalizations have nearly doubled in the last month, Rhode Island's health care and state leaders made it clear on...

Care New England tightens restrictions on most visitors

Coronavirus November 5, 2020 12:27 pm

PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System announced new restrictions for visitors for each of its three hospitals, following guidance from the R.I. Department...

CNE names Sullivan president and chief operating officer of Women &...

Coronavirus September 21, 2020 4:02 pm

PROVIDENCE - Care New England Health System announced Monday that Shannon Sullivan, who has been serving as the interim chief operating officer at Women...

HARI looks to improve maternal health for Black women across Rhode...

Health Services August 14, 2020 1:01 pm

PROVIDENCE – After news broke last year that Black women experienced severe maternal morbidity at nearly twice the rate of white women throughout Rhode...

Health care sector sees new wave of attacks

Coronavirus July 10, 2020 2:02 am

Care New England Health System has recovered from a cyberattack that knocked out its website, email and other internal systems for a week late...

CARE NEW ENGLAND said that it has resolved a cyberattack that began impacting the health system on June 16. / COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND

CNE says system is “up and running” after last week’s cyberattack

Health Services June 22, 2020 12:27 pm

PROVIDENCE – After a cyberattack caused a system-wide shutdown of Care New England’s website, email and other internal systems last Tuesday, a spokeswoman confirmed Monday...

CARE NEW ENGLAND is experiencing a computer-system crash and is operating on its backup system. / COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND

No patient information accessed after CNE computer system failure

Health Services June 17, 2020 12:58 pm

PROVIDENCE – Care New England computer systems crashed on Tuesday in a systemwide failure that is now "under control," according to Dr. James E. Fanale, CEO...

UNEXPECTED SIDE EFFECT: Dr. Laura Forman, chief of emergency medicine at Kent County Memorial Hospital, says visits to the hospital’s emergency room have dropped by nearly half since the first cases of COVID-19 appeared in Rhode Island. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

A side effect of the pandemic: Emptier emergency rooms

Coronavirus May 8, 2020 2:46 am

Dr. Laura Forman, chief of emergency medicine at Kent County Memorial Hospital, is used to seeing about 200 patients a day come through the...

CARE NEW ENGLAND has enacted visitor limitations at its hospitals in response to the coronavirus. / COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND

Coronavirus concerns prompt no-visitor policy at Care New England hospitals

Coronavirus March 11, 2020 10:34 am

PROVIDENCE – Amid growing concern over the spread of coronavirus, Care New England Health System announced today that visitors are banned from all of...

Updated beds to arrive at Kent, Women & Infants hospitals

Health Services March 1, 2020 10:00 pm

PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System announced plans to replace 421 patient beds at Kent County Memorial Hospital and Women & Infants Hospital. The...

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