Regardless of how a county/state provides correctional health care, ensuring that the quality of care being delivered is commensurate with community standards should be a priority. This presentation will review the value of quality assurance and its relationship with quality improvement through proven data application and case studies that confirm that health care services are adequate and the quality of care meets the community standards of care.

Educational Objectives

• Review the evolution of quality monitoring in correctional health care in response to issues that have resulted in harm, mortality, or lawsuits
• Describe effective QA and CQI strategies
• Discuss how a quality program can encourage a culture of continuous improvement

Level:Intermediate