Lifespan - Page 7 of 19 - Providence Business News

College Crusade of R.I. appoints 4 board members

Education 08/23/2019

PROVIDENCE – The College Crusade of Rhode Island, a nonprofit based in the city that helps students in low-income communities prepare for college, has...

INTERNAL FOCUS: After Massachusetts-based Partners HealthCare pulled its application to acquire Care New England and CNE withdrew from talks with Lifespan and Brown University to develop a unified, statewide health care system, Dr. James E. Fanale, CEO and president of CNE, says the company will now focus on internal priorities, including renovations at Kent Hospital and Women & Infants Hospital, over the next couple of years.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

CNE plots solo course (for now)

Cover Story 08/23/2019

Care New England Health System’s proposed acquisition by Massachusetts health care giant Partners HealthCare ended abruptly in June when Partners pulled its application, after...

NEW USE: Care New England is considering an outpatient building on the Butler Hospital campus in Providence that currently houses an orthopedic and cardiology practice and has some empty space, for expanded ambulatory care services.  / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Expanding ambulatory care seen moving patients away from hospitals

Cover Story 08/23/2019

Ambulatory care expansion was high on the list of priorities that leaders at Care New England Health System brought to Partners HealthCare this past...

THE JUMP BIKE program in Providence is being put on pause due to reports of the bikes being stolen. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM

Providence JUMP bike program temporarily pulled following vandalism and theft

Economic Activity 08/22/2019

PROVIDENCE – The JUMP bike program in Providence will temporarily go offline following reports of vandalism and theft of the bikes, the Providence Mayor’s...

LIFESPAN IS LAUNCHING the first of several planned free-standing, Lifespan-affiliated urgent care facilities around the state in Warwick in September.

Lifespan to launch urgent care clinic in Warwick, first of several...

Health Services 08/08/2019

WARWICK – Lifespan Corp. is opening an urgent care facility in Warwick, the organization announced Thursday. The urgent care facility will be the first of...

LAWRENCE A. AUBIN, center, co-chair of the Hasbro Children’s Hospital Invitational and chairman of the Lifespan Board of Directors, presents the Aubin Cup to this year’s 1st place team, Cox Business. From left to right: Mike Rigney, Jason Rowe, Larry Aubin, Jim Manchester, and Jamie Foster. / COURTESY HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

Hasbro Children’s Hospital Invitational raises record $343.8K

Nonprofit 08/02/2019

PROVIDENCE – The 2019 Hasbro Children’s Hospital Golf Invitational raised an event-record of $343,875 for Hasbro’s Children Hospital according to the hospital. The event...

CARE NEW ENGLAND, which includes Kent Hospital, posted operating income of $7.4 million in fiscal 2019's third quarter. / COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND

CNE posts $7.4M fiscal Q3 profit

Health Services 07/29/2019

PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System announced fiscal third-quarter operating income of $7.4 million, a gain of $6.5 million from the same 2018...

BCBSRI lands Lifespan contract

Financial Services 07/19/2019

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has landed another big contract. Just days after the announcement that the health insurer had...