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Accreditation
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New!
Education on Medication
Assisted Therapy in Corrections |
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NCCHC has developed a free educational
program
for jail administrators and others. To learn more,
please visit the
Education page. |
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New Grant
Supports OTP Accreditation |
The
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration has awarded NCCHC funding related to its
accreditation program for opioid treatment programs. The
grant is part of SAMHSA’s effort to reduce the costs of
accreditation education and accreditation surveys for
OTPs. (Summer 2008)
Learn more about OTP accreditation
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2008 Standards:
Preview and Guide
to the Changes |
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The
culmination of 3 years of work, new editions of the Standards for Health Services
for jails and prisons are now available.
Order online »
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Mental Health Standards and Accreditation |
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NCCHC
has developed standards specifically for mental health
services, to be accompanied by a
voluntary accreditation program that will begin in late
2008.
Learn more »
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Straight Talk
on Opioid Treatment
Programs in Corrections |
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The Straight
Talk brochure outlines how
jails and prisons can provide efficient,
cost-effective treatment.
Learn more »
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Spotlight
on
the Standards |
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These articles
provide insight into nuances of the Standards
for Health Services.
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NCCHC's voluntary health services accreditation program is well-known and well-respected
among the nation’s prisons, jails and juvenile detention
facilities. Nearly 500 institutions of all shapes and sizes
participate in the program, including most of the largest and
most innovative in the country.
Health services accreditation confers many
benefits. It promotes and documents an efficient, well-managed
system of health care delivery. It lends prestige to the
facility, increases staff morale, aids recruiting efforts, helps
to obtain community support and provides additional
justification for budgetary requests. Accreditation can help
protect financial assets by minimizing the occurrence of adverse
events. In many instances, accreditation reduces liability premiums and protects facilities from lawsuits related to health care. Accreditation also benefits the health of the public, staff and inmates by assuring that those incarcerated and released receive adequate and appropriate health care.
But what, exactly, is
accreditation? Established in the 1970s, it’s a process of
external peer review in which NCCHC, a private, not-for-profit
organization, grants public recognition to correctional
institutions that meet its nationally accepted
Standards for Health Services.
Through the accreditation process, NCCHC renders a professional
judgment regarding health services provided and assists
correctional facilities in their continued improvement.
Developed by experts from the professions of health, law and corrections, separate standards exist for health care delivery in jails, prisons, and juvenile detention and confinement facilities.
The areas covered by the
Standards include:
- Facility governance and administration
- Maintaining a safe and healthy environment
- Personnel and training
- Health care services support
- Inmate care and treatment
- Health promotion and disease prevention
- Special inmate needs and services
- Health records
- Medical-legal issues
To learn more about how
correctional facilities become accredited, read our overview of the process
or download the
Accreditation Brochure.
Contact Us
Accreditation Department
National Commission on
Correctional Health Care
1145 W. Diversey Pkwy.,
Chicago, IL 60614
Phone 773-880-1460,
Fax 773-880-2424
E-mail accreditation@ncchc.org
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