Rhode Island has a suicide problem affecting all populations, particularly working age adults. Suicide is the leading cause of intentional injury death in Rhode Island – claiming some 70 lives every year. Annually, there are twice as many suicides as homicides, and as many suicides as car crash...
On September 19, HEALTH was notified by the hospital that a wrong-site surgery had been performed that day in their ambulatory surgical center.
Several problems in the hospital’s surgery program were identified during HEALTH’s inspection, including failure to follow The Miriam Hospital’s (
Today, the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) confirmed the state’s first human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) in 2008. This case of WNV occurred in an immunocompromised patient who lives and works in Rhode Island and is currently being treated.
“This is an important reminder that...
Today, the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) and the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner released the ninth annual Rhode Island Health Plans’ Performance Report (2006). This report analyzes the two largest health plans that together covered more than 79% of Rhode Islanders who...
Today (September 11), the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) adult influenza program, Immunize For Life, is receiving the 2008 Vision Award from the Association of State and Territorial Health Organizations (ASTHO). This national award recognizes outstanding state health department...
The Department of Environmental Management announces that test results from three mosquito pools, or samples, from traps set in two communities on August 20 and August 25 and tested at the RI Department of Health laboratory have been confirmed positive for West Nile Virus.
The first positive...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) is issuing an advisory to remind people of precautions to prevent mosquito-borne illnesses. In Rhode Island, the first mosquitoes have tested positive for the West Nile Virus (WNV). “We expect to find mosquitoes who test positive for West Nile Virus...
The Department of Health (HEALTH) advises Rhode Islanders that the state is reaching its expected annual peak of reported cases of babesiosis, ehrlichiosis and Lyme Disease. All three of these diseases are tick-borne and are transmitted by the same type of tick, the Deer tick. (To see a picture...
Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) advises consumers that a Massachusetts-based company, Home Made Brand Foods, has voluntarily recalled approximately 5,000 pounds of “Ready-to-Eat Tuna Salad”. Routine sampling has identified the potential for contamination with listeria.
Any tuna...
Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) is advising consumers who purchased ground beef or ground beef patties from Whole Foods Market between June 2, 2008 and August 6, 2008 to discard it and return the packaging or receipt to the store for a full refund. Please check any ground beef that may...
