QUESTIONS AND WELL DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS|GRADED
Access to care: Unreasonable barriers to inmates access to health services are to be avoided
- ANSWER - Having an understaffed, underfunded, or poorly organized system
Responsible Health Authority - ANSWER - When there is a separate organizational
structure for mental health services, there is a designated mental health clinician
- the RHA must be on site weekly
Medical Autonomy - ANSWER - Interference with medical autonomy is cancellation of
community consultants appointments and discontinuance of necessary medical diets
without qualified health care professional approval
Administrative meetings are held at least ? - ANSWER Quarterly
Health staff meetings are held at least? - ANSWER Monthly
Statistical reports of health services are made at least? - ANSWER Monthly
policies and procedures - ANSWER - reviewed at least annually by the RHA and
responsible physician
- all health care policies must be readily available to staff
Continuous Quality Improvement Program - ANSWER - Committee meets quarterly
- Responsible physician should be involved in the CQI process
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, Continuity of Care - ANSWER - Can be measured by the extent to which preexisting
conditions are identified and addressed during the intake process
Timelines of obtaining services is measured by - ANSWER - the time between contact
with emergency services and the arrival of the emergency services
Privacy of care: when cellside triage is required - ANSWER - health staff must take extra
precautions to promote private communication
- when safety is a concern and full privacy is lacking, alternative strategies for partial visual
and auditory privacy should be considered
Health care records - ANSWER - stored in the facility are maintained under secure
conditions separate from correctional records
Clinical Mortality Review - ANSWER - conducted within 30 days
- is an assessment of the clinical care provided and the circumstances leading up to death
Grievances - ANSWER - are responded to by 7 days
- should be reviewed at least annually or sooner if a trend is noted
Acutely Suicidal Patients - ANSWER - are monitored by the facility via constant
observation
Non-acutely suicidal patients - ANSWER - are monitored by facility staff at unpredictable
intervals with no more than 15 minutes between checks
Adverse clinical event - ANSWER - is an injury or death caused by medical management
rather than a patient's disease or condition
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Access to care: Unreasonable barriers to inmates access to health services are to be avoided
- ANSWER - Having an understaffed, underfunded, or poorly organized system
Responsible Health Authority - ANSWER - When there is a separate organizational
structure for mental health services, there is a designated mental health clinician
- the RHA must be on site weekly
Medical Autonomy - ANSWER - Interference with medical autonomy is cancellation of
community consultants appointments and discontinuance of necessary medical diets
without qualified health care professional approval
Administrative meetings are held at least ? - ANSWER Quarterly
Health staff meetings are held at least? - ANSWER Monthly
Statistical reports of health services are made at least? - ANSWER Monthly
policies and procedures - ANSWER - reviewed at least annually by the RHA and
responsible physician
- all health care policies must be readily available to staff
Continuous Quality Improvement Program - ANSWER - Committee meets quarterly
- Responsible physician should be involved in the CQI process
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, Continuity of Care - ANSWER - Can be measured by the extent to which preexisting
conditions are identified and addressed during the intake process
Timelines of obtaining services is measured by - ANSWER - the time between contact
with emergency services and the arrival of the emergency services
Privacy of care: when cellside triage is required - ANSWER - health staff must take extra
precautions to promote private communication
- when safety is a concern and full privacy is lacking, alternative strategies for partial visual
and auditory privacy should be considered
Health care records - ANSWER - stored in the facility are maintained under secure
conditions separate from correctional records
Clinical Mortality Review - ANSWER - conducted within 30 days
- is an assessment of the clinical care provided and the circumstances leading up to death
Grievances - ANSWER - are responded to by 7 days
- should be reviewed at least annually or sooner if a trend is noted
Acutely Suicidal Patients - ANSWER - are monitored by the facility via constant
observation
Non-acutely suicidal patients - ANSWER - are monitored by facility staff at unpredictable
intervals with no more than 15 minutes between checks
Adverse clinical event - ANSWER - is an injury or death caused by medical management
rather than a patient's disease or condition
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