Tag: Newport Hospital
On land or sea, her mind is always on the décor
When Cheryl DiGennaro was growing up, she’d watch her mom, an interior designer, working on various projects; that passion passed from mother to daughter.
“I...
PBN’s most-read stories of 2025
News of Providence's changing cityscape generated the most buzz in 2025, with the top-read articles detailing new developments and commercial projects. The Ocean State...
Newport Hospital to open new behavioral health unit for adolescents next...
NEWPORT – Newport Hospital will next year open a new unit dedicated to treating serious short-term behavioral health needs for adolescents.
Hospital officials held a ribbon-cutting...
Birthing center’s future still a source of worry
When Cassie Voll was first seen at Newport Hospital’s Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center, she arrived on the heels of “a really bad experience...
Brown Health names new advisers to determine future of Newport Hospital birthing center
NEWPORT – A newly assembled community group has formed to guide the fate of the Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center at Newport Hospital.
Brown University Health, which operates the hospital, is considering closing...
Leapfrog: 4 of 9 R.I. acute care hospitals earn an ‘A’...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit that assigns hospital safety ratings, has given an “A” grade to four out of nine acute...
Fight over Medicaid alarms OB-GYN patients
Planned Parenthood patients are worried.
Many patients in Rhode Island and elsewhere who rely on the nonprofit for OB-GYN services could lose that assistance under...
Birthing center at Newport Hospital will remain open, Brown Health Home...
PROVIDENCE – The birthing center at Newport Hospital will indeed remain open, but Brown Health Home Medical will be closing effective Sept. 5.
These are...
Brown Health grapples with balancing community and its own financial needs
Brown University Health is in a tough spot.
The nonprofit health system is considering cutting several crucial services and programs in order to reach its...
Thomas named president, chief medical officer of Newport Hospital
NEWPORT – Dr. Tenny Thomas began his new role as Newport Hospital’s president and chief medical officer Monday.
Thomas most recently served as chief medical...


















