Access to care: Unreasonable barriers to inmates access to health services are to be avoided
correct answers - Having an understaffed, underfunded, or poorly organized system
Responsible Health Authority correct answers - 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 correct answers - 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 ? correct answers Quarterly
Health staff meetings are held at least? correct answers Monthly
Statistical reports of health services are made at least? correct answers Monthly
policies and procedures correct answers - reviewed at least annually by the RHA and responsible
physician
- all health care policies must be readily available to staff
Continuous Quality Improvement Program correct answers - Committee meets quarterly
- Responsible physician should be involved in the CQI process
Continuity of Care correct answers - 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 correct answers - the time between contact with
emergency services and the arrival of the emergency services
Privacy of care: when cellside triage is required correct answers - 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 correct answers - stored in the facility are maintained under secure
conditions separate from correctional records
Clinical Mortality Review correct answers - conducted within 30 days
- is an assessment of the clinical care provided and the circumstances leading up to death
Grievances correct answers - are responded to by 7 days
- should be reviewed at least annually or sooner if a trend is noted
, Acutely Suicidal Patients correct answers - are monitored by the facility via constant observation
Non-acutely suicidal patients correct answers - are monitored by facility staff at unpredictable
intervals with no more than 15 minutes between checks
Adverse clinical event correct answers - is an injury or death caused by medical management
rather than a patient's disease or condition
Credential Verification process correct answers - includes inquiry regarding sanctions or
disciplinary actions of state boards, and for prescribers, the National Practitioner Data Bank
Professional Development: All qualified health care professionals who have patient contact
correct answers - are current in cardiopulmonary resuscitation technique
Medication Administration correct answers - Correctional or health staff who administer or
deliver medications to inmates must be permitted by state law to do so
Procuring correct answers - the act of ordering medications for the facility
Formulary correct answers - a written list of prescription and nonprescription medications that
are ordinarily available to authorized prescribers, including consultants, working for the facility
The facility has at minimum the following equipment for the examination and treatment of
patients correct answers - Ophthalmoscope
- Oxygen
Patient escort correct answers - Patient confidentiality is maintained during transport
Mass disaster drills correct answers - are conducted so that each shift has participated over a 3
year period
A health emergency man-down drill correct answers - is practiced once a year on each shift
where health staff are regularly assigned
RHA ensures that the patient is transferred to the hospital or clinic with correct answers - a
summary of the health record and that a summary of the specialty care is received and added to
the patient's health record in the facility
Reception personnel ensure correct answers - that persons who are unconscious, semiconscious,
bleeding, mentally unstable, severely intoxicated, exhibiting symptoms of alcohol or drug
withdrawal, or otherwise urgently in need of medical attention are referred immediately for care
and medical clearance into the facility
A receiving screening correct answers - takes place as soon as possible upon acceptance into
custody