Health System Assessments & Performance Improvement – Page 2

Enhancing Collaboration for Better Jail Health Care

Interdisciplinary Leadership in Jails Effective jail management is evolving beyond “care, custody, and control.” Today’s corrections professionals face the challenge of integrating custody with comprehensive medical and mental health care. The National Sheriffs’ Association conference highlighted the critical role jails play in the criminal justice system, emphasizing that inmates, employees, and volunteers are integral community […]

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Health Care Monitoring in Your Facility: Improve Care and Mitigate Liability

One of the most impactful services offered by NCCHC Resources is long-term monitoring of correctional health care services inside of jails and prisons. Operationally, it’s helpful to keep an eye on critical areas to ensure high-level care continues over time. Monitoring access to care, completing chart reviews, chronic care processes, suicide prevention protocols, and evaluating

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Nurse Receives Top Award from the American Jail Association

The annual conference of the American Jail Association (AJA) was recently held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with a record-breaking number of people in attendance. Elected officials, law enforcement executives, and correctional medical and mental health leaders spent several days networking and learning about the challenges and opportunities associated with working in and managing our nation’s

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Doctor providing information by telemedicine

Leveraging Technology in Correctional Health Care

By Richard Forbus, CCHP It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly four years since the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns began. Since then, COVID continues to have a significant impact on health care staff, custody staff, delivery of health care services, and operations in correctional facilities across the United States. One of the biggest and most

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