How Can We Better Transition Healthcare Services for People Leaving Incarceration?
Update: 2024-07-24
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Linda Follenweider, an advanced practice registered nurse and board-certified family nurse practitioner with extensive experience in correctional healthcare, discusses the critical gaps in continuity of care for incarcerated individuals. She emphasizes how many receive necessary medical care while in jail or prison but struggle to maintain this care upon release. Highlighting the significant health risks and economic costs associated with this disconnect, she advocates for integrating correctional healthcare into the broader healthcare continuum. The episode showcases the opportunities presented by adopting routine screening questions about incarceration history to ensure better health outcomes and resource utilization.
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