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Dr. Kennedy brings extensive experience in correctional medicine, public health leadership, and population health strategy.
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Honoring a Life. Inspiring the Future. “He never asked about the crime, he only treated the patients.”                                                                                                                               — Mary Paris For Joseph E.
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Correctional health care asks a great deal of you, and your body adapts.
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Build a workforce that meets the moment.
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12-week conference survey participants were eligible.
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Become part of the effort to build tomorrow’s correctional health care workforce.
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NCCHC’s annual awards pay tribute to leaders and innovators who have enriched the field.
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Attracting talent to our profession requires awareness. We all share the responsibility to grow that awareness.
A recent analysis of show passing rates of 96%-100%, depending on the exam.
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Certified Correctional Health Professional status was attained by 142 individuals in the second quarter.
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Revisions stress opposition to copays and fees during incarceration.
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In August and September this year, YesCare created the YesCare CCHP Certification Challenge, which ultimately resulted in 40 new CCHPs, 3 CCHP-RNs, and 1