Difference between revisions of "Health IT in Prisons & Jails"
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According to the [http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/programs/corrections.htm United States Department of Justice], in 2007 2,299,166 individuals were held in federal prisons, state prisons and local jails. The number of prisoners is increasing at roughly 2.5% per year. Individuals housed in prisons and jails receive their entire healthcare through the facility in which they are housed or through clinics and hospitals with which the department of corrections contracted. | According to the [http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/programs/corrections.htm United States Department of Justice], in 2007 2,299,166 individuals were held in federal prisons, state prisons and local jails. The number of prisoners is increasing at roughly 2.5% per year. Individuals housed in prisons and jails receive their entire healthcare through the facility in which they are housed or through clinics and hospitals with which the department of corrections contracted. | ||
There are many challenges to healthcare administration in prisons and jails including the lack of medical insurance and loss of Medicaid and/or Medicare coverage. | There are many challenges to healthcare administration in prisons and jails including the lack of medical insurance and loss of Medicaid and/or Medicare coverage. | ||
Additionally, incarcerated populations have dramatically increased rates of substances abuse, mental illness and communicable disease than the rest of society[1]. | Additionally, incarcerated populations have dramatically increased rates of substances abuse, mental illness and communicable disease than the rest of society[1]. | ||
Revision as of 03:48, 21 November 2008
Background
According to the United States Department of Justice, in 2007 2,299,166 individuals were held in federal prisons, state prisons and local jails. The number of prisoners is increasing at roughly 2.5% per year. Individuals housed in prisons and jails receive their entire healthcare through the facility in which they are housed or through clinics and hospitals with which the department of corrections contracted. There are many challenges to healthcare administration in prisons and jails including the lack of medical insurance and loss of Medicaid and/or Medicare coverage. Additionally, incarcerated populations have dramatically increased rates of substances abuse, mental illness and communicable disease than the rest of society[1].
