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1. Access to care standard: Inmates have access to care for their serious medical,
dental, and mental health needs
2. Grievance should be review at least: Annually or sooner if a trend is noted.
3. US supreme court 1976 landmark case Estelle v. gamble: inmate must have
access to care to meet their serious health needs.
4. Unreasonable barrier to inmate access to care include: a. punishing inmate
for seeking care for their health needs.
b. assessing excessive fees that prevent or deter inmates from seeking care for their
health needs.
c. deterring inmate from seeking care for their health need s.e. holding sick call at 2
a.m. when this practice is not reasonably related to the needs of the facility.
d. having an understaffed, underfunded, poorly organized system with the result
unable to provide appropriate and timely access.
e. having utilization review process that inappropriately delays or denies necessary
health.
5. RHA must be onsite: weekly
6. Final clinical judgement rest with?: A single, designated responsible physician.
7. RHA may be a: physician, health service administrator, agency
8. Health care includes: medical, dental, mental health, nutrition, and other ancil-
lary services, as well as maintaining clean and safe environmental condition.
9. Responsible physician: MD, DO who has the final authority at a given facility
regarding clinical issues.
10. Designated mental health clinician: Psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric so-
cial worker who is responsible for clinical mental health issue when mental health
services at the facility are under a different authority than medical services.
11. Designated dental clinician: DDS, DMD who is responsible for dental issue
when dental services at the facility are under a different authority than medical
services.
12. Health service administrator: A person who by education, experience, or certi-
fication (e.g MSN, MPH, MHA, FACHE, CCHP) is capable of assuming responsibility
for arranging all levels of health care and ensuring quality and accessibility health
services for inmates.
13. Custody staff duty: Support the implementation of clinical decisions.
14. Health staff duty: Recognize and follow security regulations
15. Administrative meeting: a. Attended by correctional administrator, RHA, and
other members of medical, dental, mental health and correctional staff as appropri-
ate.
b. Held quarterly
16. Health staff meeting: At least monthly
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17. Statistical reports of health services are made: Monthly
18. Correctional administrator: A person who oversees the daily operations of
federal or state prisons and county jail.
19. Policy: A facility's official position on an issue related to its operation
20. Procedure: Describes in detail, sometimes in sequence, how a policy is to be
carried out.
21. Continuous Quality Improvement program standard: Monitor and improves
health care delivered in the facility
22. The QI committee: a. Developed by RHA
b. Identifies aspect of health care to be monitor and develop threshold.
c. Designed QI monitor activities
d. Analyzed the result for factor that may contribute to below threshold.
e. Designs and implement improvements strategies to correct the identified health
concerns.
f. Monitor the performance after implementation of improvement syratefies.
23. QI studies: at least one process/ outcome study is completed per year.
24. QI commitee consist of: health staff from various diciplines
25. Threshold stimulus: Expected level of performance
26. Health record review: A. Done under guidance of responsible physician
B. Systematic review of health record using a standardized form or audit tool to de-
termine wheather specific element related to quality of care provided or adequately
documented.
27. QI studies examine the effectiveness of delivery health care by: a. identify-
ing health care concern
b. determining the threshold
c. conducting baseline study
d. developing and implementing a corrective action plan
f. restudying the problem to assess the effectiveness of the corrective action plan.
28. QI commitee meeting: quarterly
29. Clinical mortality review conducted: within 30 days
30. Clinical Mortality Review: assessment of clinical care provided and the circum-
stances leading up to a death
31. psychological autopsy/ reconstruction/ post mortem: written reconstruction
of an individual life with an emphasis on factor that led up to and may have
contributed to the death.
32. registered dietitian nutritionist: review of regular diets for nutritional adequacy
at least annually
33. environmental inspection of health services conducted: monthly
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1. Access to care standard: Inmates have access to care for their serious medical,
dental, and mental health needs
2. Grievance should be review at least: Annually or sooner if a trend is noted.
3. US supreme court 1976 landmark case Estelle v. gamble: inmate must have
access to care to meet their serious health needs.
4. Unreasonable barrier to inmate access to care include: a. punishing inmate
for seeking care for their health needs.
b. assessing excessive fees that prevent or deter inmates from seeking care for their
health needs.
c. deterring inmate from seeking care for their health need s.e. holding sick call at 2
a.m. when this practice is not reasonably related to the needs of the facility.
d. having an understaffed, underfunded, poorly organized system with the result
unable to provide appropriate and timely access.
e. having utilization review process that inappropriately delays or denies necessary
health.
5. RHA must be onsite: weekly
6. Final clinical judgement rest with?: A single, designated responsible physician.
7. RHA may be a: physician, health service administrator, agency
8. Health care includes: medical, dental, mental health, nutrition, and other ancil-
lary services, as well as maintaining clean and safe environmental condition.
9. Responsible physician: MD, DO who has the final authority at a given facility
regarding clinical issues.
10. Designated mental health clinician: Psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric so-
cial worker who is responsible for clinical mental health issue when mental health
services at the facility are under a different authority than medical services.
11. Designated dental clinician: DDS, DMD who is responsible for dental issue
when dental services at the facility are under a different authority than medical
services.
12. Health service administrator: A person who by education, experience, or certi-
fication (e.g MSN, MPH, MHA, FACHE, CCHP) is capable of assuming responsibility
for arranging all levels of health care and ensuring quality and accessibility health
services for inmates.
13. Custody staff duty: Support the implementation of clinical decisions.
14. Health staff duty: Recognize and follow security regulations
15. Administrative meeting: a. Attended by correctional administrator, RHA, and
other members of medical, dental, mental health and correctional staff as appropri-
ate.
b. Held quarterly
16. Health staff meeting: At least monthly
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17. Statistical reports of health services are made: Monthly
18. Correctional administrator: A person who oversees the daily operations of
federal or state prisons and county jail.
19. Policy: A facility's official position on an issue related to its operation
20. Procedure: Describes in detail, sometimes in sequence, how a policy is to be
carried out.
21. Continuous Quality Improvement program standard: Monitor and improves
health care delivered in the facility
22. The QI committee: a. Developed by RHA
b. Identifies aspect of health care to be monitor and develop threshold.
c. Designed QI monitor activities
d. Analyzed the result for factor that may contribute to below threshold.
e. Designs and implement improvements strategies to correct the identified health
concerns.
f. Monitor the performance after implementation of improvement syratefies.
23. QI studies: at least one process/ outcome study is completed per year.
24. QI commitee consist of: health staff from various diciplines
25. Threshold stimulus: Expected level of performance
26. Health record review: A. Done under guidance of responsible physician
B. Systematic review of health record using a standardized form or audit tool to de-
termine wheather specific element related to quality of care provided or adequately
documented.
27. QI studies examine the effectiveness of delivery health care by: a. identify-
ing health care concern
b. determining the threshold
c. conducting baseline study
d. developing and implementing a corrective action plan
f. restudying the problem to assess the effectiveness of the corrective action plan.
28. QI commitee meeting: quarterly
29. Clinical mortality review conducted: within 30 days
30. Clinical Mortality Review: assessment of clinical care provided and the circum-
stances leading up to a death
31. psychological autopsy/ reconstruction/ post mortem: written reconstruction
of an individual life with an emphasis on factor that led up to and may have
contributed to the death.
32. registered dietitian nutritionist: review of regular diets for nutritional adequacy
at least annually
33. environmental inspection of health services conducted: monthly
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