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The Triple Aims of Correctional Health: Patient Safety, …

WEBThe poorly understood realm of correctional health care represents a missed opportunity to integrate care for these patients with care provided by community health providers. …

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URL: https://cochs.org/files/health-it-hie/triple-aim-in-corrections.pdf

Weekly Update: January 9, 2024 2024 The Year of Medicaid …

WEBThe Health Affairs article describes a COVID-19 Health Justice Policy Tracker that captures and categorizes policies using a health justice lens. The CDC has …

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Advanced Correctional Healthcare

WEBThis week's highlighted stories concentrate on mental health and behavioral health challenges within correctional facilities. The first article delves into a story from Otter Tail …

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Medicaid Reentry Act

WEBMedicaid Reentry Act On February 10, with bipartisan support, the Medicaid Reentry Act was introduced in the Senate. This bipartisan legislation is also being re-introduced in …

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Legionnaires Disease

WEBNew information from the Georgia Department of Corrections and Georgia Department of Public Health (GDPH) confirms a dangerous and hard-to-control bacteria …

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Health Outcomes in Corrections: Health Information …

WEBHealth information technology (HIT) is playing an increasingly important role in everyday health care. Hospitals, physician practices, and clinics are using electronic health …

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The Challenges of Bringing Connectivity to Jails via Health

WEBcorrectional health care provider, Correctional Medical Services, Inc., to create Corizon Health, Inc., which provides health care in more than 400 prisons, jails, and other …

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Policy Proposals

WEBPolicy Proposals. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on incarcerated people, COCHS has published proposals including the establishment of federal and …

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Health Reform and The Excellence Act and Criminal Justice Reform …

WEBOn December 8, 2015, in Washington D.C., COCHS and The National Council for Behavioral Health held Opportunities and Intersections: The Health Reform, The …

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Weekly Update: October 31, 2023 Correctional Health Care …

WEBOne of those firms in 2009 marked the outsourcing of correctional health care as an especially strong market given the negatively impacted budgets of many …

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Correct Care Solutions

WEBThe state Department of Public Health and Human Services announced the green light from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid for three distinct expansions of what the …

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Jails And Health Information Technology: A Framework For

WEBcritical part of the health care continuum remains broken and efforts to improve public health and reduce costs will fall short. Sharing of health data is necessary to make that …

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Prescribing and Dispensing Medications within Correctional

WEBAs already mentioned, there is an initial health assessment which is usually performed within a set amount of time after being booked into a jail. In the initial health …

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VitalCore Health Strategies

WEBVitalCore that recently provided health care in Vermont states: “VitalCore controls costs by ensuring that the patient receives the right amount of care the first time.”. Now, Vermont …

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Humane Correctional Health Care Act

WEBCOCHS Weekly Update: June 13, 2023. Highlighted Stories. U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) …

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COCHS WEEKLY UPDATE: March 19, 2024

WEBWexford Health Sources, a healthcare company based in Pennsylvania, will take over jail medical care on June 1 under a deal that Mayor LaToya Cantrell is …

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Wexford Health Sources

WEBThe Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) launched the first phase of transitioning health services for incarcerated individuals from the Utah Department of …

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