A Message to the Community
Growing Access. Strengthening Our Future. Serving Our Community.
On behalf of the Board of Trustees, thank you for your continued support of South County Health and our mission to be “Rhode Island’s Most Trusted Health Partner.”
Despite an increasingly challenging healthcare environment, South County Health continues to grow in ways that directly benefit the people and communities we are privileged to serve. Over the past year, we have added providers, expanded services, and increased access to high-quality care across southern and central Rhode Island.
Our growth is reflected in the more than 2,000 new oncology patients, 3,000 new urology patients, 4,000 new OB/GYN patients, and 6,000 new primary care patients we welcomed over the past year. We have also expanded our outpatient services in East Greenwich, Newport, Warwick, and Westerly, bringing more care closer to where our patients live and work.
These are more than numbers and new locations. They represent greater access to care for our neighbors, our families, and the communities we have served for generations.
As a locally governed health system, we have the ability to respond directly to the needs of our community and keep those needs at the center of our decisions. Preserving that independence remains fundamental to who we are.
At the same time, we recognize that the future of healthcare requires new capabilities and new ways of working. Technology is transforming healthcare, and independent community health systems face growing challenges in developing the capital, infrastructure, technology, and operational scale needed to keep pace.
After more than two decades of considering potential partnerships, over the next few months, we will be publicly announcing some exciting new agreements. These will give South County Health access to leading technology, including a modern electronic health record system, artificial intelligence, and world-class clinical expertise, including a clinical collaboration that will bring expertise from the world’s #1 hospital to Rhode Island.
Importantly, South County Health will remain independently owned and locally governed. Our commitment to personalized, community-based care—and to keeping our patients and community at the center of our decisions—remains unchanged.
This progress is the result of the dedication of our physicians, nurses, clinicians, staff, leadership team, volunteers, and Board of Trustees. We are deeply grateful to everyone who continues to invest their talent and energy in our mission.
We are proud of what we have accomplished together, and we are equally excited about what lies ahead.
Together, we are building a stronger, more innovative, and sustainable South County Health—one that will continue to provide exceptional care to our community for generations to come.
Thank you for believing in South County Health and for being part of our community.
Aaron Robinson
President and CEO
Joseph F. Matthews
Chairman | Board of Trustees
Peter Graves, M.D.
President of the Medical Staff