HITT 1345: Chapter 6 -Correctional
Facilities fully solved
Inmates cannot be charged for health services. - correct answer ✔✔False
The National Commission on Correctional Health Care has standards for correctional health care, but no
accreditation process. - correct answer ✔✔False
The placement of a prison health services program under a state Department of Corrections rather than
under individual prison wardens may be an indication of the federal importance of health services. -
correct answer ✔✔True
In correctional facilities, custody and security are the primary concerns, and health care is provided in a
manner that does not compromise those primary concerns. - correct answer ✔✔True
State governments operate jails and local governments operate prisons. - correct answer ✔✔False
A person who has not been sentenced, but is incarcerated while awaiting trial is classified as a prisoner. -
correct answer ✔✔False
Accreditation agencies recommend that an independent physician, rather than one employed by the
correctional system, judge an inmate's competency for execution. - correct answer ✔✔True
Under HIPAA, correctional institutions must provide current inmates with a "notice of privacy practices" -
correct answer ✔✔False
Only clinicians, such as physicians and nurses, may become Certified Correctional Health Professionals,
administrative health care workers, such as HIM professionals, are not eligible. - correct answer ✔✔False
, The American Correctional Association's standards and accreditation process apply only to health care
services. - correct answer ✔✔False
On any given day there are more than 2 million people held in U.S. prisons and jails who rely on these
facilities for their health care. Large jails and prisons can serve the same number of people as a medium-
sized hospital. Why might it be a good investment for correctional facilities to invest in health
information technology? - correct answer ✔✔Investing in health information technology will be a good
thing, as correctional facilities can improve the quality of care they provide to inmates and improve staff
safety. By accessing an electronic health record system, prison staff can quickly access and update
information about an inmate's health, making it easier to provide timely and appropriate care.
Furthermore, health information technology will reduce healthcare-related costs and increase the
efficiency of healthcare delivery, including reducing prescription errors and medication wastage. Health
information technology can also help improve communication between correctional facilities and other
health care providers, which will make it easier to coordinate care for inmates who may need care
outside the prison system.
Health services in prisons today are generally provided by practitioners who are licensed, certified, or
registered to practice in the same manner as required in the community. - correct answer ✔✔True
The typical prison clinic today looks much like an ambulatory health facility outside the prison. - correct
answer ✔✔True
A ___ director is responsible for overseeing the health care delivery system, developing statewide
policies and procedures, and approving the health services budget. - correct answer ✔✔Health Services
Director (HSD)
A person who has not been sentenced but is incarcerated while awaiting trial is a(n) _____ - correct
answer ✔✔Detainee
The ______ is the first step in establishing the inmate's health record. - correct answer ✔✔Screening
Palliative care and hospice programs are becoming more common in prison systems. - correct answer
✔✔True
Facilities fully solved
Inmates cannot be charged for health services. - correct answer ✔✔False
The National Commission on Correctional Health Care has standards for correctional health care, but no
accreditation process. - correct answer ✔✔False
The placement of a prison health services program under a state Department of Corrections rather than
under individual prison wardens may be an indication of the federal importance of health services. -
correct answer ✔✔True
In correctional facilities, custody and security are the primary concerns, and health care is provided in a
manner that does not compromise those primary concerns. - correct answer ✔✔True
State governments operate jails and local governments operate prisons. - correct answer ✔✔False
A person who has not been sentenced, but is incarcerated while awaiting trial is classified as a prisoner. -
correct answer ✔✔False
Accreditation agencies recommend that an independent physician, rather than one employed by the
correctional system, judge an inmate's competency for execution. - correct answer ✔✔True
Under HIPAA, correctional institutions must provide current inmates with a "notice of privacy practices" -
correct answer ✔✔False
Only clinicians, such as physicians and nurses, may become Certified Correctional Health Professionals,
administrative health care workers, such as HIM professionals, are not eligible. - correct answer ✔✔False
, The American Correctional Association's standards and accreditation process apply only to health care
services. - correct answer ✔✔False
On any given day there are more than 2 million people held in U.S. prisons and jails who rely on these
facilities for their health care. Large jails and prisons can serve the same number of people as a medium-
sized hospital. Why might it be a good investment for correctional facilities to invest in health
information technology? - correct answer ✔✔Investing in health information technology will be a good
thing, as correctional facilities can improve the quality of care they provide to inmates and improve staff
safety. By accessing an electronic health record system, prison staff can quickly access and update
information about an inmate's health, making it easier to provide timely and appropriate care.
Furthermore, health information technology will reduce healthcare-related costs and increase the
efficiency of healthcare delivery, including reducing prescription errors and medication wastage. Health
information technology can also help improve communication between correctional facilities and other
health care providers, which will make it easier to coordinate care for inmates who may need care
outside the prison system.
Health services in prisons today are generally provided by practitioners who are licensed, certified, or
registered to practice in the same manner as required in the community. - correct answer ✔✔True
The typical prison clinic today looks much like an ambulatory health facility outside the prison. - correct
answer ✔✔True
A ___ director is responsible for overseeing the health care delivery system, developing statewide
policies and procedures, and approving the health services budget. - correct answer ✔✔Health Services
Director (HSD)
A person who has not been sentenced but is incarcerated while awaiting trial is a(n) _____ - correct
answer ✔✔Detainee
The ______ is the first step in establishing the inmate's health record. - correct answer ✔✔Screening
Palliative care and hospice programs are becoming more common in prison systems. - correct answer
✔✔True
