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Do Department of Corrections inmates receive quality healthcare?

April 26, 2017corrections Department Healthcare inmates quality

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Do Department of Corrections inmates receive quality healthcare?

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The Health Services Unit establishes Department of Corrections policy regarding medical, dental, nursing, pharmacy and mental health care of inmates held in state custody. The unit monitors professional activities to insure compliance with applicable rules, regulations and statutes related to inmate healthcare services, with a goal of assuring that community standards are maintained. The unit’s Quality Assurance Section develops formal auditing instruments that allow for the performance of objective audits of all areas of inmate healthcare services, which were privatized in 1996.