OUR EXPERIENCE
Correctional HealthCare Consultants, LLC has more than 25 years of management experience in correctional facilities and are experts in the National Commission on Correctional Health Care and the American Correctional Association accreditations. Bringing a unique understanding of both the security and healthcare aspects of the correctional environment, we are able to assist correctional healthcare programs with their operational and accreditation needs. We have worked with statewide Departments of Correction as well as private vendors. We will develop programs based upon the facility’s needs, always considering the unique security issues of each facility. When a private healthcare vendor is used, Correctional HealthCare Consultants, LLC will audit their contract compliance and quality of care performance.
Correctional HealthCare Consultants, LLC has experience with legal cases involving medical care and security issues in the correctional environment. We will prepare an opinion regarding alleged nursing malpractice and correctional administrative failures after an in-depth medical record and facility record review. Dr. Lori Roscoe, principal of Correctional HealthCare Consultants, LLC, has testified in both depositions and trials.
Correctional HealthCare Consultants, LLC has designed complete Medical and Mental Health Nursing Orientation Programs for jails and prisons. We are able to complete a staff needs assessment and develop an orientation program or specific in-service programs addressing the identified opportunities for improvement. Dr. Roscoe is a Peace Officer Training and Standards certified guest instructor for Georgia P.O.S.T. Correctional HealthCare Consultants, LLC is certified as a Continuing Education Provider through the California Board of Registered Nursing (and other state Boards of Nursing) and now offers online Continuing Education classes in topics specific to the correctional environment. The Correctional Nurse Educator website offers accredited continuing education classes that can be accessed at times best suited to the participant’s schedule.
The Correctional Nurse LLC, sister company to Correctional HealthCare Consultants, LLC, now publishes Nursing Behind the Wall, an online educational and clinical judgment practice resource for nursing staff working in Corrections. This is in conjunction with CorrectionalNurse.Net, a blog for correctional nurses.