Incarcerated individuals are the only Americans guaranteed access to health care in the U.S. Delivery of high-quality, high-value, patient-centered care to this vulnerable population requires an innovative approach and a paradigm shift in the delivery of health care. In 2022, Texas began using a "hub-and-spoke" approach for specialty and subspecialty care, robust telemedicine, and unit-based radiology and ancillary services to help ensure our patient population was receiving timely access to care. Learn about the results of this approach.

Educational Objectives

• Examine the constitutional basis for correctional health care
• Discuss 8th amendment rights and deliberate indifference
• Analyze how prompt access to specialty and subspecialty care improves overall health care quality for incarcerated patients

Level:Intermediate