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What’s CORRECTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES
SPECIAL EDITION NEWSLETTER
SEPTEMBER 2018
FEATURED ARTICLES
Peer-to-Peer 2 From Intake to Release
A Look Inside the Intake Health
Screening Process 4
5 Things to Know About 6
Oral Healthcare Does the
Whole Body Good 8
Providing for Youth's Healthcare
Needs is No Small Task 10
Deputy Agency
Director’s Message
What an exciting opportunity to be
able to share the great things that
Correctional Health Services (CHS) Pictured (left to right): Jocelyn Romey, RN Case Manager; Ava Chavez, Nursing Supervisor; Vanessa Aceves, Speciality
Clinic Medical Assistant; Cabrini Marquez, Asthma Chronic Care Medical Assistant; Janet Hernandez, Office Specialist;
has been working on this year in and Abby Constantino, Chronic Care Coordinator. Not pictured: Mira Paredes, Case Management Office Specialist;
this special edition of the “What’s Jessie Peralta, Specialty Clinic Coordinator; and Gene Pineda, Senior Nurse.
Up” newsletter.
How Medical Case Management Provides
The focus of our work is to provide Client-Centered Care to Inmates
comprehensive healthcare services
to nearly 60,000 individuals incar- The Correctional Health Services and evaluate and monitor their prog-
cerated in Orange County’s five (CHS) Medical Case Management ress to promote quality interventions
correctional facilities and approxi- program utilizes a comprehensive and outcomes for all medical needs,”
mately 3,900 youths housed in approach to patient care that com- said Ava Chavez, Supervising Regis-
Juvenile Hall, Orangewood Children bines education with the overall man- tered Nurse. ”This comprehensive
and Family Center and agement of an inmate’s individual method and collaboration has taken
three other juvenile healthcare needs from the time they this team to perform on a larger
detention facilities enter the Orange County jail system scale.”
annually. This is no to when they’re released.
small task! Medical Case Management provides
“We work with other CHS programs several services to patients in cus-
With an in- to assess and determine an inmate’s tody including:
crease in the health-related needs, develop and
number of implement a care plan, ensure proper ■ Wound Care Management:
individuals utilization of services and resources, Members of the wound care
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