The Roger Williams Medical Center (RWMC) is a university-affiliated

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. Roger Williams Medical Center has an affiliation with

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. The Roger Williams Medical Center (RWMC), located in the Elmhurst section of Providence, has served the community's health care needs since 1922. Along with corporate parent CharterCARE Health Partners and as a major teaching affiliate of

(BUSM) (only about 50 miles away), this academic medical center has attained fully accredited ACGME teaching programs for more than 40 years. On January 12, 2025, Prospect Medical filed for

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protection, listing assets and liabilities between $1 billion and $10 billion. The company struggled with rising interest costs and high debt.

Overview

Founded in 1878, and located in the Smith Hill neighborhood of Providence, RWMC is community owned and governed. It is named after

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, the founder of Rhode Island.Roger Williams Medical Center: About Us
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. The center is also located adjacent to the VA hospital in Providence, which provides

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with specific care needs. In serving the people of Southern New England, RWMC offers services in

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, cancer care, diagnostic imaging,

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, and extended

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. RWMC also manages the only Bone Marrow Unit in the state of Rhode Island. The Quality Assurance Review Center (QARC) was housed at the RWMC until 2003.

Quality Care and Education

Roger Williams Medical Center East Entrance

Located in one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, Roger Williams Medical Center is a community-owned and governed health care organization that provides speciality care. RWMC includes a 220-bed acute care hospital, outpatient practice in primary care and medicine subspecialties, including the Resident Clinic. Also located on the campus is the Decof Cancer Center and home for the state's only Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit. More than eighty graduates of the training program now practice in Rhode Island, making it one of the principal providers of physicians in the area. The RWMC teaching faculty holds academic appointments at

. The sponsored training programs are as follows:

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and

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, Pulmonary,

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and

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CharterCARE Health Partners

On October 28, 2009, CharterCARE Health Partners, the corporate parent of Roger Williams Medical Center and St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island, received approval of its affiliation proposal by Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch. This approval followed a concurrent review and approval by the Rhode Island Department of Health. CharterCARE Health Partners, created through the affiliation of Roger Williams Medical Center and St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island, was formed to preserve and enhance quality health care for the communities they serve.About CharterCARE
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External links

Roger Williams Medical CenterQuality Assurance Review Center
* https://web.archive.org/web/20100414101335/http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/BUSM-About.html {{authority control Teaching hospitals in Rhode Island Boston University Hospitals established in 1878 Buildings and structures in Providence, Rhode Island Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2025

Overview

Quality Care and Education

CharterCARE Health Partners

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