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Apr 12, 2024

Standards Q&A: Documenting Nonemergent Health Care Requests

What touchpoints should we document for nonemergent medical, dental, and mental health care requests?
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Apr 11, 2024

CCHP Program Continues to be a Pillar of Patient Care

Certified Correctional Health Professional status was attained by 82 individuals in the first quarter of 2024.
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Apr 8, 2024

Care for Aging Patients in the Correctional Setting

NCCHC’s new position statement addresses the needs of the aging population.
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Apr 1, 2024

Caring for Children in Immigration Detention

NCCHC’s position statement offers recommendations to support the health of children in immigration detention.
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Mar 15, 2024

CCHP-A Is the Way: Seth Stabinsky, MD, CCHP-A

Seth Stabinsky is ecstatic to have met all the requirements for CCHP-A certification.
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Mar 12, 2024

NCCHC Resources Managing Director Fred Meyer Elected to the Board of American Jail Association

Fred Meyer, MA, CJM, CCHP, will serve on the American Jail Association Board of Directors for the 2024-2025 term. Mr. Meyer retired as deputy
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Mar 7, 2024

Journal of Correctional Health Care Seeks Papers on Correctional Health Care Workforce

Manuscripts submission deadline: September 30, 2024 The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a lingering impact on the health care workforce, including dire shortages across
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Mar 1, 2024

CDC Updates Respiratory Virus Guidance

Far fewer people have been getting seriously ill from COVID-19.
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Mar 1, 2024

In Memoriam: Ken Bennett, CCHP

NCCHC mourns the passing of Ken Bennett, CCHP, longtime lead surveyor.
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Feb 20, 2024

Why Adolescents Should Not Be in Adult Carceral Facilities and How to Protect Them When They Are

NCCHC’s newly revised position statement explains why.