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CNE leadership: Primary care access, intra-system expansion top of mind

PROVIDENCE – In a turbulent statewide and national health care landscape, Care New England Health System leadership is focused on a strong primary and...
CAROLYN JACKSON has been named president and chief operating officer of Kent County Memorial Hospital. / COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND

Mass. hospital administrator appointed president at Kent Hospital

WARWICK – A Massachusetts health care administrator with more than two decades of leadership experience has been named president and chief operating officer of...

Health systems in Providence, New Bedford named to Forbes’ best U.S....

PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System, Brown University Health and Southcoast Health System were recognized among Forbes’ annual “America's Best Employers by State” ranking. The publication ranked Care New...

Sullivan stepping down as leader of Women & Infants Hospital

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Shannon Sullivan is stepping down as president and chief operating officer of Women & Infants Hospital.  Sullivan, who has led Women &...

You say ‘movement.’ We say ‘ultimatum.’ Butler Hospital strike drags on

Butler Hospital’s unionized workforce declared Tuesday that they made “movement” on wages and health plan costs to hospital owner Care New England during hours...

Striking Butler Hospital employees launch 30-hour sit-in

PROVIDENCE – Hundreds of unionized Butler Hospital employees began a 30-hour sit-in Thursday protesting the lack of progress in an ongoing strike that is...

R.I. health care leaders urge federal bankruptcy judge to expedite sale...

An assortment of Rhode Island’s hospital leaders banded together Jan.22 in pleading for a federal bankruptcy judge to expedite approval of the sale of...
CARE NEW ENGLAND HEALTH SYSTEM is not part of the new agreement between Lifespan Corp. and Brown University, but all parties say it will have no affect on affilations between Brown and CNE. COURTESY CARE NEW ENGLAND

Where does Lifespan-Brown agreement leave Care New England?

As Rhode Island’s largest health system celebrates a new affiliation agreement with Brown University, the win for Lifespan Corp. and Brown could create a...

Workforce challenges in health care

One of the biggest takeaways from PBN’s recent Fall Health Care Summit is that providers are still struggling to deal with a shortage of...
DR. RAJ HAZARIKA, chief medical officer for commercial products at Point32Health, third from left, speaks during one of two panel discussions at Providence Business News’ Fall 2023 Health Care Summit on Wednesday. Also on the panel is, from left, Dr. Michael Wagner, CEO and president of Care New England Health System; Dr. Scott Rivkees, professor at Brown University's School of Public Health; and John Fernandez, CEO and president of Lifespan Corp. Moderating at right is PBN Editor Michael Mello. PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit panelists: AI could improve aspects of R.I.’s health care...

WARWICK – While Rhode Island’s health care industry is bouncing back after an “incredibly difficult” year in 2022, providers still have a long way...
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