Tag: Roger Williams Medical Center
State must share charity care burden
One of the often-overlooked aspects of Rhode Island’s healthcare crisis is the rising cost of charity care.
Brown University Health, the state’s largest health system,...
Surge in charity care puts hospitals under more strain
Cash-strapped hospitals in Rhode Island are seeing the cost of charity care surge amid disruptions in the health insurance market, and some in the...
R.I. healthcare system struggles to make recovery
Massive cuts to insurance, persistent staffing shortages and widespread financial woes continue to vex Rhode Island’s healthcare system in 2026, though the Ocean State...
CharterCARE Health of Rhode Island selects chief of thoracic surgery
PROVIDENCE – CharterCARE Health of Rhode Island has named Dr. Ciaran J. McNamee as the hospital system’s new chief of thoracic surgery and thoracic diseases.
McNamee comes to CharterCARE Health with more than two decades of academic practice, surgery...
R.I. Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Charest to stay on
Rhode Island Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Charest isn’t retiring after all.
At least, not on July 3, as Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s office...
3 R.I. Hospitals earn ‘A’ grade in spring 2026 Leapfrog ratings
PROVIDENCE – Three out of nine Rhode Island hospitals received an “A” grade in The Leapfrog Group's Spring 2026 Hospital Safety Grade State Rankings.
The national nonprofit gave...
TO THE RESCUE? Centurion’s effort to save 2 safety-net hospitals just...
As a nurse of three years in Roger Williams Medical Center’s Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Joanna Sanzone has supported patients facing harrowing diagnoses...
Clock ticking again on plan to save ailing hospitals
An underfunded, overloaded state health system breathed a sigh of relief in March when a buyer saved Our Lady of Fatima Hospital and Roger...
Summit panelists: R.I. trying to chip away at the many health...
When primary care nurse practitioner and state Sen. Pamela Lauria, D-Bristol, sees patients with urgent symptoms, she finds that a potential medical emergency isn’t...
Health care panel: Team approach needed to make system fixes
It doesn’t take a clinical degree to diagnose why Rhode Island has difficulty retaining health care providers who completed their education in the Ocean...
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