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Accreditation
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Facility
Profile |
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An exemplary discharge
planning program earned the Hillsborough County (FL)
jail NCCHC's 2007 Program of
the Year award.
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2008 Standards:
Preview and Guide
to the Changes |
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The
culmination of three years of work, new editions of
NCCHC's Standards for Health Services for
jails and prisons are now available. See our
online catalog to
order.
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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.
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Opioid
Treatment Educational CD |
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NCCHC developed this CD to help correctional facilities
manage substance abusers appropriately.
It features a
presentation by substance abuse treatment expert Kevin Fiscella, MD,
who represents the American Society
of Addiction Medicine on NCCHC’s board of directors. The
program offers 1 hour of CME/CE credit. Produced through
a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, the CD will be sent free
of charge to facility administrators at prisons and
jails nationwide. Additional copies will be available
for purchase. (Winter 2007) |
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Opioid Treatment
Programs in Corrections |
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NCCHC now accredits opioid
treatment programs in correctional facilities, based on
our Standards for OTPs.
Visit the OTP page for our brochure,
Straight
Talk on Opioid Treatment in Corrections, and learn how
jails and prisons can provide efficient,
cost-effective treatment.
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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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Testimonials |
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"I
appreciate the suggestions for improvement that the team
presented. They had a perspective on best practices at other
institutions that can help us improve. The advice was
well-received.”
–
Sheriff, Orleans Parish (LA) Criminal Sheriff’s
Office
“Accreditation
has obvious benefits to the facility in terms of staying on the
cutting edge of correctional health care as well as defending against litigation.”
– Warden, Warren County (NJ) Correctional Center
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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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