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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...

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.  ...
PRE-OP PREP: Dr. Clark Chen, left, director of the brain tumor program at Rhode Island Hospital, and Dr. Joshua Feler, a medical resident, prepare the GammaTile implants – the small white squares – for a recent ­procedure. 
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Tiny brain implants aim potent radiation at tumors

When Arnaldo Dacruz was diagnosed with brain cancer, he and his wife, Dorothy, were blindsided. Now they have hope with the help of a treatment...

Brown University Health reports $17.7M operating income in Q1

PROVIDENCE – Brown University Health reported a $17.7 million operating income for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 ending Dec. 31, 2024, according...
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