Standards for Health Services
NCCHC’s Standards for Health Services are our recommendations for managing the delivery of medical and mental health care in correctional systems. The Standards have helped the nation’s correctional and detention facilities improve the health of their inmates and the communities to which they return; increase the efficiency of their health services delivery; strengthen their organizational effectiveness; and reduce their risk of adverse legal judgments. Written in separate volumes for prisons, jails and juvenile confinement facilities, the Standards cover the general areas of care and treatment, health records, administration, personnel and medical-legal issues.

Other Assistance
In addition to the Standards, NCCHC publishes Position Statements and Clinical Guidelines to assist correctional health care practitioners in the many medical, ethical, administrative and legal aspects of their work. In support of its mission, NCCHC also offers numerous other programs, services and resources, such as:

• Facility accreditation

• Technical assistance

• Quality reviews

• Clinical guidelines

• Position statements

• Research studies

• Educational programs and conferences

• CCHP professional certification

• Publications and other resources