How often is RHA onsite?
→ Weekly
How often do health staff meetings occur?
→ At least monthly
How often are policies and procedures reviewed?
→ Annually
How often are statistical reports made?
→ At least monthly
How often does CQI meet?
→ Quarterly
How many mass disaster drills...
→ Unreasonable barriers to inmate access to health services
Examples of unreasonable barriers
→ Holding sick call at 2am, being understaffed or poorly organized in a way that results
in untimely care, assessing excessive fees, or assessing fees for treatments arising from
sexual abuse
RHA
→ Responsible Health Authority
When should initial assessments (physicals) occur?
→ Prisons--> within 7 days
→ Jails-->within 14 days if full population assessments are done
Juveniles
→ Need greater opportunity to work large muscles, more food, more rec
How long should health records be retained?
→ According to the legal requirement of the jurisdiction the facility is in
Final clinical judgment
→ Single, designated licensed responsible physician
RHA when there is a separate organizational structure for MH services
→ A person by virtue of education, experience, or certification is capable of assuming
responsibility for arranging all levels of health care and ensuring quality and
accessible health services for inmates
Qualified health care professionals
→ Physicians, PAs, nurses, NPs, dentists, MHPs, and others who are permitted by law to
evaluate and care for patients
Health care liaison
→ Correction officer or other person without a health care license who is
trained/instructed by the responsible physician in limited aspects of health care
coordination and coordinates services on days when no qualified health care
professionals are available for 24 hours
Examples of interference with medical autonomy
→ Cancellation of scheduled community consultants' appointments, discontinuance of
necessary medical diets without QHP approval
Policy
→ Official position on a particular issue related to operations
Procedure
→ Describes in detail how a policy is to be carried out
How often are health care polices and procedures reviewed?
→ At least annually, signed by the RHA and responsible physician
CQI Thresholds
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