Tag: Newport Hospital
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...
More than half of R.I. hospitals earn ‘A’ safety grade from...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has been ranked as No. 2 in the country for patient safety by The Leapfrog Group.
More than half the hospitals...
Dr. Preston Douglas
Health Care Heroes 2025
PHYSICIAN: Dr. Preston Douglas
Newport Hospital neurologist and neurophysiologist
What led you to choose health care as your profession? I’ve always been...
PBN Health Care Summit: Collaboration needed in light of federal cutbacks
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s already challenged health care system could face even more obstacles depending on federal policy shifts, according to Dr. Michael Wagner,...
Five Questions With: Sarah Nekrasz
Sarah Nekrasz | Chief nursing officer, Newport Hospital
1. What drew you to becoming chief nursing officer at Newport Hospital? I’ve had the privilege...
2 R.I. hospitals among best in the U.S., Newsweek says
PROVIDENCE – Two Rhode Island hospitals are among the best in the U.S., according to an analysis by Newsweek and its data partner Statista.
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Brown Medicine’s Caliendo PBN’s Health Care Heroes career achiever
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Angela Caliendo, executive vice chairperson of medicine in Brown Medicine’s division of infectious diseases, has been chosen as the Career Achiever...
