Richard Clarke

Richard Clarke

MD, CCHP-P

Dr. Clarke has been engaged in correctional health care for over 25 years: For 20+ years he oversaw all health care in his county correctional institution and today he remains highly involved with NCCHC and NCCHC Resources. A NCCHC accreditation surveyor for 20 years, he has been an active member of the surveyor advisory committee since its inception. Dr. Clarke served on the task forces that revised the 2014 and 2018 editions of the Standards for Health Services and has regularly presented seminars on the Jail Standards at NCCHC conferences.

As a consultant with NCCHC Resources, Dr. Clarke has conducted long-term evaluations of health care systems and ongoing assessments of effective implementation of corrective actions for major metropolitan jails. His primary focus is to establish continuity of care as the underlying clinical principle for maintaining the highest standard of health care, and he has been a leader in incorporating this principle into dynamic practices. A secondary focus has been to develop continuous quality improvement programs that foster a team approach to identifying health system issues, developing and implementing corrective actions, and monitoring those implementations for efficacy.