Rhode Island Medical Examiner Office Accreditation

The Rhode Island Office of the State Medical Examiner (RI OSME), a division of the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), seeks funding to implement and support a series of strategic activities with the overall goal of enhancing turnaround times associated with the closeout of OSME investigations, as it seeks to regain full accreditation status from the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME). Project activities include the contracting of forensic pathologists to distribute casework more equitably amongst the physicians, overtime for RIDOH’s Forensic Toxicology Laboratory to conduct case review, validate new methodologies, and streamline workflow, and a partnership with a talent acquisition firm to hire a permanent Chief Medical Examiner.