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2008 Annual Report – Medical Services Annual Report
Anne Takacs, RN   Medical Co_ordinator

The mission of the Medical Department is to provide and coordinate medical, dental and psychiatric services to the 7,000+ inmates booked each year into the Lake County Adult Detention Facilities 

These services include:

·                    Medical screenings of all inmates
·                    History & Physical exam of all inmates sentenced to ten days or longer.
·                    TB screening of all inmates.
·                    Emergency medical services.
·                    Continuing care of pre-existing conditions.
·                    Diagnosis, treatment and education of new conditions.
·                    Scheduled sick call with Dr. Baster.
·                    Coordinating medical services with Mental Health Dept..
·                    Coordinating dental services with Dr. Forbes.
·                    Generating and maintaining medical records.

            In addition to providing services to inmates, the medical staff provides first aid, TB tests and hepatitis inoculations to employees.

Medical Services: 

·                    6,664 inmates were seen in the dispensary this year.
·                    10 inmates were admitted to the hospital. Of those, 2 inmates had surgery.   
·                    Only 15 inmates went out for doctor consultations. These included orthopedic, obstetric and urologic evaluations.

 Dental Services

·                    Dr. Neil Forbes has provided dental services to the jail for twelve years.  He saw 189 inmates this year.

Psychiatric Services:

·                    Mental health services are provided through Neighboring Mental Health Center. Wendy Kelley and Matt Kocsis continue to provide the mental health evaluations of the inmates.

·                    Dr. Ruth Martin, PhD  continued to serve as our psychiatrist.

·                   Central Pharmacy is still being utilized to offset the cost of psychiatric medication for long term inmates. We ordered 57 scripts totaling
$9,11.72

Minimum Security Jail:

·        Sick call is run every Wednesday and Sunday at the minimum security jail.    395 inmates were seen there this year. If necessary, inmates are returned to the max jail for evaluation by the doctors.

2007 Review

C                     We maintained our full staffing of four nurses providing sixteen hours of coverage seven days
            a week. Nurse Snow started work in January of 2008. Nurse Rock started work in February of
            2008.

C                     We continue to send educational e-mails to the corrections staff. These “Notes from the Nurse”
            are sent periodically to update the officers on various medical conditions.

C                     Shift reports are being e-mailed at the end of each shift to all medical personnel and Capt.
            Leonbruno.