Health, Safety, and Savings: A Landmark Study on NCCHC Accreditation
A groundbreaking randomized trial conducted across 44 U.S. jails by Marcella Alsan, PhD, MD, of the Harvard Kennedy School, and Crystal Yang, PhD, JD, of Harvard Law School, finds that NCCHC accreditation significantly improves compliance with health care standards, reduces mortality, and lowers recidivism rates. In this webinar, Dr. Alsan and Dr. Yang will discuss their methodology, feedback from the jails in the study, and their findings. The authors conclude that NCCHC accreditation is a very cost effective intervention, generating benefits that far outweigh the costs of the program.
Learning Objectives
-Discuss the legal and medical landscape for U.S. jails regarding correctional health care
-Describe the study’s research protocols
-Explain the main study findings on standards and health outcomes
Presenters
Marcella Alsan, MD, PhD, MPH is the Director of the Health Inequality Lab and the Angelopoulos Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Dr. Alsan received a BA from Harvard University, a master’s in public health from Harvard School of Public Health, and a MD from Loyola University, and a PhD in Economics from Harvard University. She trained at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Hiatt Global Health Equity Residency Fellowship – then combined the PhD with an Infectious Disease Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Prior to returning to Harvard she was on faculty at Stanford. She is an applied microeconomist studying health inequality.
Crystal Yang, JD, PhD is the Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, where she is co-director of the Crime Working Group. Professor Yang’s teaching and research interests center around empirical law and economics, particularly in the areas of criminal justice and algorithmic fairness. She is a recipient of the American Law Institute’s Early Career Scholars Medal and Harvard Law School’s Sacks-Freund Award for Teaching Excellence.
Webinar Fee:
$0 fee - registration required. Registration includes access to the PPT slide presentation, webinar recording, and CE credit – 1.00 hour for ACCME, ANCC, APA, and CCHP.
Continuing education credit (1.00 hour) available for:
Nurses: The National Commission on Correctional Health Care is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. NCCHC designates this educational activity for 1.0 contact hour. Nurses must attend the entire program to receive credit.
Physicians: The National Commission on Correctional Health Care is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
NCCHC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Psychologists: The National Commission on Correctional Health Care is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. NCCHC maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This educational activity has been approved for up to 1.00 hour of credit.
CCHPs: Certified Correctional Health Professionals may earn up to 1.00 contact hour of Category I continuing education for recertification.
Social Workers, counselors and others: When evaluating the presentation, select the “General” category, print your certificate, and use it to report directly to your certifying board.
Disclosure Statement
In accordance with the disclosure policy of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, everyone who is in a position to control the educational content of the Health, Safety, and Savings: A Landmark Study on NCCHC Accreditation webinar (including planners, speakers, and moderators) has been asked to disclose all relevant financial interests, all affiliations, or other financial relationships within 24 months (1) with the manufacturers of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services discussed in an educational presentation and (2) with any ineligible companies. Such disclosure is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation but rather is elicited to provide information that attendees might deem important to their evaluation of an educational presentation. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to this activity. No individuals have disclosed a relevant financial relationship with any ineligible companies/commercial interests.
Financial Disclosures:
Faculty Disclosures
None of the presenters listed above have disclosed a financial relationship with an ineligible company/commercial interest.
NCCHC Education Committee
The NCCHC Education Committee members have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Sylvie Stacy, MD, MPH, CCHP-CP (Chair)
Joel Andrade, PhD, LICSW, CCHP-MH
Sharen Barboza, PhD, CCHP-MH
David Dawdy, MA, LLP, CCHP
LaToya Duckworth, RN, BSN, MHA, CCHP-RN
Keith Ivens, MD
Kenya Key, PsyD, CCHP-MH
Andrea Knittel, MD, PhD
Susan Laffan, RN, CCHP-RN, CCHP-A
Marci MacKenzie, PhD, LCSW, CCHP
Jim Martin, MPSA, CCHP
Pauline Marcussen, DHA, RHIA, CCHP
Rebecca Rock, PsyD, CCHP-MH
Lori Roscoe, PhD, DNP, CCHP-RN
Deborah Shelton, PhD, RN-C, CCHP
Nancy White, LPC, MA
Alysse Wurcel, MD
Staff Liaisons: Toyin Alaka, Ty Jackson, Kim Sterling, MBA, CAE