Is Your Correctional System Overpaying for Off-Site Health Care?
Correctional health care leaders can have a major impact on controlling health care costs in ways you may have never considered. Performing services in-house,
Oct 26, 2021
American Academy of Pediatrics Endorses NCCHC Position Statement on Restricted Housing for Youths
NCCHC position statement calls for reducing or stopping the use of restrictive housing for youths who are incarcerated and clear guidelines established for when
Oct 19, 2021
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in State Prisons: A Look at Current Delivery Status
As the United States battles a growing opioid epidemic, corrections professionals face the considerable demands of managing a population increasingly dependent on opioids. Although
Oct 19, 2021
NCCHC Virtual Fall Conference Brings Critical Education Online
Catch up on Correctional Health Care Online November 17-18, 2021.
Oct 18, 2021
Running Up Against Vaccine Hesitancy? Try These Strategies
COVID-19 vaccines are safe and extremely effective against severe disease and death from COVID. And yet, the CDC reports that as of August 1,
Q: We are starting to use inmate workers at our jail. What do we need to do to ensure we are following NCCHC standards?
Jan 12, 2024
CCHP Program Has Best Quarter in History
Certified Correctional Health Professional status was attained by 207 individuals in the last quarter of 2023.
Jan 9, 2024
What a Great 2023 End-of-Year Campaign! Thank You for Your Support!
We are ecstatic to report that the NCCHC Foundation’s end-of-year campaign has been a great success. We were able to raise the full $25,000
Jan 5, 2024
NCCHC Foundation to Award Up to 15 Scholarships for the Spring Conference on Correctional Health Care
The deadline is February 5, 2024.
Jan 5, 2024
NCCHC Foundation Welcomes New Manager
Julie Haugland is the new fundraising manager of the NCCHC Foundation, bringing to the role more than 25 years of nonprofit expertise and engagement in philanthropy
Dec 13, 2023
Beware the Dangers of Cognitive Bias
Cognitive bias can lead to erroneous diagnoses, poor treatment decisions, and bad outcomes.
Dec 12, 2023
The Aftermath of COVID: “Trauma-informed” Work
To support correctional HCPs, we must think more critically and act more comprehensively.