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Abstract: 

Dr. Joe Goldenson, a highly-regarded physician and administrator, has written an excellent overview of the requisites for a functioning jail medical program. This is must reading for jail officials. In Part I, Dr. Goldenson provides models for the organization of health care services and touches on staffing, policy and procedure, space and equipment, pharmacy, records, CQI, and infection control. In Part II, which will appear in our next issue, the author moves into the functional components of a quality health care system.

Keywords: length of stay; primary care model; continuity of care; public health issues; privatizing healthcare; responsible health authority; adequate number of staff; Scope of practice; facility-specific policies; Pharmaceutical services; electronic health re

Affiliations:  1: San Francisco Department of Public Health.