[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BiWg-0-5Lg] This brief video news clip of Health Care at Chino Prison Facility in California underscores some of the challenges of delivering health care behind bars. Note the medical records issues. Many jails and prisons still rely on paper charts but do not have enough staff to keep up with the filing, thus jeopardizing care delivery. What other challenges do…
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Medical Compassionate Release Debate
LIFE IN PRISON: MEDICAL COMPASSIONATE RELEASE Click on the title about to see a short video showing various sides of the issue of compassionate release of medically disabled inmates in the California Prison System. Do you think inmates with severe disease should be moved to community facilities for care? Post your thoughts in the comments section.
End of Life Care
Many states and counties are reeling from the increased expenses to continue providing healthcare to an aging inmate population. As the average age of US inmates increases, chronic disease and cancers escalate. In an earlier post I talked about the basics of the aging inmate population. News articles pop up almost weekly about state correctional systems struggling with rising health…
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