Care New England

{{Short description|Non-profit health system in Rhode Island, US}}

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| name = Care New England Health System

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| logo = Care New England logo.svg

| location_city = Providence, Rhode Island

| region = New England

| location_country = US

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| focus = Healthcare

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| num_employees = 8,000

| homepage = {{URL|http://www.carene.org}}

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| founded = 1996

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Care New England (CNE) is a non-profit health system, comprising several hospitals in Rhode Island. Founding members Butler Hospital, Kent Hospital, and Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island formed CNE in February 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.carenewengland.org/about/upload/2014-care-new-england-annual-report.pdf|title=2014 Care New England Annual Report|website=www.carenewengland.org|access-date=2015-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200448/http://www.carenewengland.org/about/upload/2014-care-new-england-annual-report.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-23|url-status=dead}} Based in Providence, Care New England serves the southeastern New England community, and many of its hospitals are teaching affiliates of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.{{cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/academics/medical/about/hospitals|title=The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University - The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University|website=www.brown.edu}} It is Rhode Island's second largest hospital group.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/rhodeisland/news/2024/01/22/care-new-england-2023-financials.html |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}

Current members of Care New England include:

• Butler Hospital
• Kent Hospital
• Women & Infants
• VNA of Care New England{{cite web|url=http://www.vnacarenewengland.org/|title=VNA|website=VNACare New England}}
• Care New England Wellness Center{{cite web|url=http://www.wellnessctr.org/|title=Wellness Center|website=Wellness Center}}
• The Providence Center

Former members of Care New England include:

• Memorial Hospital{{cite web|url=http://www.mhri.org|title=Memorial Hospital|website=MHRI}}

In June 1999, Kent County Visiting Nurse Association became a member of the Care New England family, and later that year announced its name change to VNA of Care New England. In 2000, HealthTouch, Inc., a private duty nursing service, joined the division.{{cite web|url=http://www.vnacarenewengland.org/about/history.cfm|title=Our History - VNA of Care New England|website=www.vnacarenewengland.org}} In 2013, Memorial Hospital, a community hospital in Pawtucket, RI joined as well.{{cite web|url=http://www.valleybreeze.com/2013-09-04/pawtucket/memorial-hospital-joins-care-new-england-health-system|title=Memorial Hospital joins Care New England Health System|website=The Valley Breeze|date=4 September 2013 }}

Care New England faced operating losses of over 14 million dollars in 2023;{{Cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/rhodeisland/news/2024/01/22/care-new-england-2023-financials.html |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=www.bizjournals.com}} this is a significant improvement from the year prior when it had losses over 58 million dollars.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/rhodeisland/news/2024/01/22/care-new-england-2023-financials.html |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=www.bizjournals.com}} Total operative revenue in 2023 was close to 1.3 billion dollars.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/rhodeisland/news/2024/01/22/care-new-england-2023-financials.html |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}