Lawrence Mendel, DO, CCHP, Leavenworth Detention Center and Nicholas Jellots, PharmD, Diamond Pharmacy Services presented the session “Medication Verification: Perils, Pitfalls and Best Practices” at the 2016 National Conference on Correctional Health Care in Las Vegas, October 22-26, 2016. This post is based on their presentation. One of the great challenges of correctional health care practice is the verification of…
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October 2016 Correctional News Round Up (Podcast Episode 128)
Correctional nurses Margaret Collatt, C. J. Young, and Mari Knight join Lorry to talk about the latest Correctional Health Care News. Pricey Hepatitis C Drugs Can Have Deadly Side-Effect for Some: FDA The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added a Black Box Warning to new Hepatitis C pharmaceuticals as reports mount of flare-ups of Hepatitis B in those patients…
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Self-Injury: One System’s Approach
Robert D. Canning, Ph.D., CCHP, is Sr. Psychologist Specialist, Quality Management Program, Statewide Mental Health Program for California Correctional Health Care Services. This post is based on his session “Self-injury: Public Health Surveillance for Quality Improvement” taking place at the 2016 National Conference on Correctional Health Care in Las Vegas, October 22-26, 2016. Self-injury is a growing concern in correctional…
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