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Print Edition 01/16/2026

1. Nursing home building in Pawtucket sells for $15.27M POSTED ONLINE: DEC. 5. A 45,000-square-foot commercial property that is home to a nursing home...

WHERE IT’S AT:  Betty Rambur, a University of Rhode Island nursing professor, says becoming a nurse practitioner is perfect for those looking for a big role in health care.  PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

PRIMARY DUTIES: Nurse practitioners playing bigger role as doctors disappear

Cover Story 02/28/2025

Erica Ogni’s workday starts early and is chock full, with as many as two dozen patients trooping through her exam room at South County...

R.I. health care access third best in nation, Forbes Advisor finds

Economic Activity 10/15/2024

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is the third-best state in the nation for health care access, according to a study by Forbes Advisor. The inaugural report...

NOT LIABLE: Bryant University Physician Assistant Program founder and Director Robert Jay Amrien, left, a panelist at the PBN Fall Health Care Summit, says a new law declaring that a physician assistant may be considered a primary care provider means a physician would not be considered liable for the actions of a physician assistant. Next to Amrien, from left, are panelists Maria Ducharme, chief nursing officer and senior vice president of patient care services at The Miriam Hospital; Care New England CEO Dr. James E. Fanale; and James Rajotte, chief of the Center for Health Promotion in the Division of Community Health and Equity at the R.I. Department of Health. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Physician assistants, nurse practitioners may play big role in future of...

Health Services 11/08/2019

Rhode Island is facing a shortage of primary care physicians, but increasing the roles of physician assistants and nurse practitioners might ease the problem,...

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