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R.I. Foundation awards $440K in grants to support 18 medical research...

PROVIDENCE – Approximately $440,000 in seed funding has been awarded by the Rhode Island Foundation to five health organizations and higher education institutions to...
MONEY MATTERS: Brown University Health is using a portion of the funds raised in a $300 million bond issue last year to finance a Miriam Hospital renovation project that will include a new emergency department. The rendering shows what the completed $125 million project will look like. 
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Health care bond use grows nationally, but uncertainty looms for R.I....

As health systems’ balance sheets and labor forces are stabilizing, the health care bond market has rebounded. But uncertainty still reigns for Rhode Island...
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Most-read stories on PBN.com, Oct. 2024

1. Former hotel lobby in Warwick leased to Italian restaurant chain POSTED ONLINE: APRIL 18. A 5,000-square-foot lobby space at the former Wyndham Hotel...

Brown Health to offer free breast and cervical cancer screenings

PROVIDENCE – On April 26, Brown University Health Cancer and Community Health Institutes will host a breast and cervical cancer screening program, education and...

Fitch keeps Brown University Health’s outlook negative; S&P says it’s stable

PROVIDENCE – Fitch Ratings is keeping Brown University Health's outlook negative, while S&P Global Ratings has a stable outlook for the state's largest health...
Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung, Rhode Island Hospital physical therapist / PBN PHOTO/PAUL J. SPETRINI

Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung

Health Care Heroes 2025 PHYSICAL THERAPIST: Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung Rhode Island Hospital physical therapist What led you to choose health care as your profession? I was...
GREGORY MERCURIO, third from left, speaks during a panel discussion at Providence Business News' Health Care Summit and Health Care Heroes Awards event on Wednesday morning at the Providence Marriott. Mercurio is senior vice president of radiation oncology at American Shared Hospital Services and CEO of Precision Radiation Oncology of Rhode Island. Also on the panel is, from left, Dr. Michael Wagner, CEO and president of Care New England Health System; Joseph Trunzo, founding associate director of Bryant University's School of Health and Behavioral Sciences and a professor of psychology; Peter Marino, CEO and president of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island; Linda Hurley, CEO and president of CODAC Behavioral Healthcare; and Dr. Raj Hazarika, chief medical officer for commercial products at Point32Health. PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing, moderates. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

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,...

Health Services Council OK’s first part of Rhode Island Hospital renovation...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital’s plan for a massive renovation cleared its first hurdle Tuesday. The Health Services Council voted to recommend the R.I. Department...

Rhode Island Hospital proposes first step in massive renovation project

PROVIDENCE – The state’s largest hospital is eyeing a massive renovation. Rhode Island Hospital, operated by Brown University Health, is looking to build a 185,000-square-foot...
HOUSE CALL: Dr. Tyler Weisberger, left, who works for Kent County Memorial Hospital’s Hospital at Home program, examines Doris Witt at her Warwick home. Witt was admitted to Kent in early March after experiencing symptoms from her congestive heart failure. The Hospital at Home program allowed her to be discharged early but still receive hospital-level care. 
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Hospitals see benefits to bringing care home

When 90-year-old Doris Witt was taken to the hospital a few weeks ago because she was having trouble breathing, the elderly Warwick resident wasn’t...
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