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HANGING HANDS: Roger Williams Medical Center was one of two troubled Rhode Island hospitals – the other was Our Lady of Fatima – purchased by the nonprofit Centurion Foundation in 2026 after taking several years trying to line up financing and obtain approvals. 
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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...
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Driving Forces: John Fernandez

John Fernandez Brown University Health CEO and president EVEN BEFORE John Fernandez started his new job as the chief executive of Rhode Island’s largest health system,...

Wood River Health names new chief medical officer

HOPKINTON – Wood River Health, a health services provider based in the Hope Valley village of Hopkinton, has promoted Dr. Lisa Menard-Manlove to the role of chief medical officer. Menard-Manlove has worked at...

Thundermist Health Center names Gaines chief medical officer

WOONSOCKET – Thundermist Health Center has appointed Dr. Jeffrey Gaines as its new chief medical officer. Gaines previously served as chief medical officer and vice president of...

Care New England names Dr. Rachel E. Beard head of hepatobiliary and pancreas...

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Rachel E. Beard this month joined Care New England Health System as division chief of hepatobiliary and pancreas surgery. Beard, who specializes in...
FASTER ACTION: Dr. Ana Tuya Fulton, center, chief population health officer at Care New England Health System, says she’s thankful state leaders are working on longer-term solutions for its health care problems, but there needs to be some quick wins, too. Fulton is a panelist at Providence Business News’ Health Care Summit on April 2, along with state Sen. Pamela Lauria, a nurse practitioner, left, and Dr. Raj Hazarika, vice president and chief medical officer of commercial products at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of New England Inc. 
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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...
SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS: Joseph Trunzo, left, associate director of Bryant University’s School of Health and Behavioral Sciences, participates in a panel discussion at Providence Business News’ Health Care Summit at Providence Marriott Downtown on April 2. The panel talks about ways to deal with the state’s health care woes. Also on the panel are, from left, Dr. Christopher Ottiano, interim chief medical officer and medical director at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island; Linda Hurley, CODAC Inc. CEO and president; and Meghan Grady, Meals on Wheels of RI Inc. executive director. 
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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...
DR. CHRISTOPHER OTTIANO, second from left, interim chief medical officer and medical director at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, speaks during one of two panel discussions during Providence Business News' Health Care Summit at Marriott Providence on Thursday. Also on the panel are, from left, Joseph Trunzo, associate director of Bryant University's School of Health and Behavioral Sciences; Linda Hurley, CODAC Inc. CEO and president; and Meghan Grady, Meals on Wheels of RI Inc. executive director. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN health care summit: Multifaceted approach needed to repair R.I.’s ailing...

PROVIDENCE – When primary care providers choose to practice in Massachusetts or Connecticut over Rhode Island, it’s not about luxury.  Across the board, the Ocean...

Brown University Health names new chief of cardiac surgery, expands cardiovascular surgical team 

PROVIDENCE – Brown University Health has added six doctors to its cardiology institute, including a new chief of cardiac surgery. Dr. Mark J. Cunningham will...

Rhode Island Public Health Institute appoints Chowdhry as medical director

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Public Health Institute, which operates Open Door Health, has named Dr. Sapna Chowdhry as medical director of the overall organization and...
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