Report 2016-131 Recommendation 8 Responses
Report 2016-131: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: It Must Increase Its Efforts to Prevent and Respond to Inmate Suicides (Release Date: August 2017)
Recommendation #8 To: Corrections and Rehabilitation, Department of
To monitor prisons' compliance with its requirement that inmates in crisis beds receive daily progress notes, Corrections should implement monitoring of these notes electronically into its audit process by the time the electronic health record system is in use systemwide in October 2017. Corrections should require prisons that are out of compliance to develop and implement quality improvement plans, and it should follow up on the prisons' implementation of those plans.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From November 2019
Due to the volume of the response, the updates will be submitted via email, including proof of practice documentation.
- Completion Date: September 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented
1-Year Agency Response
The completion of daily Primary Clinician contact is currently measured and Mental Health is examining the most accurate way to measure the progress note completion. A copy of indicator language and report will be provided once complete.
- Estimated Completion Date: September 2018
- Response Date: August 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending
6-Month Agency Response
Mental Health is currently developing an inpatient dashboard. For MHCB, an automated indicator will be added for daily mental health clinical contacts as measured by presence of a progress note.
It is currently possible to determine if a mental health contact occurred in EHRS. A report to determine if a corresponding progress note was completed is in process.
A copy of indicator language and report will be provided once complete.
- Estimated Completion Date: May 2018
- Response Date: February 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending
60-Day Agency Response
Mental Health is currently developing an inpatient dashboard. For MHCB, an automated indicator will be added for daily mental health clinical contacts as measured by presence of a progress note.
A copy of indicator language and report will be provided once complete.
- Estimated Completion Date: January 2018
- Response Date: October 2017
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
All Recommendations in 2016-131
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.