A new Rhode Island law that allows a woman to breastfeed or bottle-feed her child in any place open to the public will take effect on March 1, 2009. This law complements a pre-existing law that exempted breastfeeding mothers from indecent exposure laws but did not provide them with the explicit...
Today, the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) released RI Uncompensated Hospital Care (2007). The report details the amount of uncompensated care (charity care and bad debt) that hospital patients receive, the demographics of charity care patients and the financial burden of this...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH), Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline (BMLD) and Board of Nursing, has completed its investigation of the health professionals involved in the wrong-site surgery done at The Miriam Hospital (TMH) in September 2008. Three healthcare professionals â€
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) released the third annual survey on resident and family satisfaction with nursing home care Rhode Island. The survey results indicate that in 2008, nursing homes, on average, outperformed nursing homes nationwide. In Rhode Island, 91% of residents and...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) announces that effective Monday, February 16, 2009, the State Office of vital Records is changing the hours for walk-in service and will only be open to the public Monday through Friday, 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
“HEALTH has worked with each city and...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) wants to inform Pawtucket and Central Falls Women Infant and Children (WIC) clients that as of Monday, February 2, 2009, WIC services will be available at new locations.
On a temporary basis, Blackstone Valley Community Health Center (BVCHC) WIC...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to add food products (for humans and for pets) that contain peanut butter to the voluntary recall list. As of Friday afternoon, the recall list included almost 300 products. FDA expects more products will be added to the recall list.
Because the...
Today, the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) presented 11 healthcare providers with a Community Partnership Award. This award is presented to individuals or groups in Rhode Island whose contributions are exceptional and support the mission of HEALTH.
Each of the eleven providers...
Today, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have issued updated warnings regarding an outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium. More than 400 people nationwide are believed to have become ill from eating peanut butter or products containing...
The Department of Health (HEALTH) wants to inform all Rhode Islanders that this year, it is even more important to get your annual flu vaccination. Recent information released from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that the most common strain of the flu that is circulating...
