Tag: Rhode Island Hospital
Rhode Island Hospital’s coronary unit garners excellence award for 2nd time
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital has earned a silver Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses for its coronary care...
‘Resistance Houses,’ Providence Place top PPS 2026 most endangered list
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Preservation Society has placed four so-called “Resistance Houses” on the city's South Side at the top of its 2026 Most...
Brown Health participating in regional trial targeting lower back pain
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital and Newport Hospital are recruiting volunteers for a clinical trial targeting chronic lower back pain caused by degenerative disc disease.
The two hospitals, both owned...
Hasbro Children’s Hospital wins national nursing award
PROVIDENCE – The Children’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Hasbro Children’s Hospital has won a Silver Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association...
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...
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...
St. Anne’s Hospital appoints Rhode Island Hospital physician as chief medical officer
FALL RIVER – Dr. Ashish Misri, an associate director and clinician at Rhode Island Hospital, will join St. Anne’s Hospital as chief medical officer on Jan. 4.
Alongside the...
Unionized interns and residents at 4 R.I. hospitals remain in ongoing...
PROVIDENCE – Amid contract negotiations, more than 650 resident physicians and fellows at Kent County Memorial, Women & Infants, Butler and Rhode Island hospitals...
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...
Rhode Island Hospital shifts nursing schedule
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital has transitioned some nursing shifts to a 12-hour format, according to a hospital spokesperson.
The transition began in late October...


















