It’s actually not very easy to find articles concerning correctional facilities using biometrics to effectively manage or improve inmate health. There are articles about tracking inmate location within prisons using facial identification (Miles & Cohn, 2006) and a patent to use pulse oximeters similar to an offender-tracking ankle bracelet to prevent suicide completion in the incarcerated setting(U.S. Patent No.2011/0260870, […]

Telemedicine in the jail setting is becoming increasingly available netting not only cumulative savings but better health outcomes for inmates.  I chose two articles detailing the benefits of telemedicine in an inmate/short-term jail and prisoner/long-term prison settings. “Telehealth support of managed care for a correctional system; The Open Architecture Telehealth Model” (Rappaport, Reynolds, Baucom, & Lehman, 2018)first details the […]

As a future psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP), I am working to embrace technology. And while the national transition into developing a consistent and effective electronic framework for healthcare is messy, the future of mental health care is intertwined with technology involving almost every aspect of care.  There is a hard push for improving and […]

From 2010-2018, I facilitated the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (“CDSMP,” 2019) to the Medicare/Medicaid, senior, and incarcerated populations. Highest-tier of evidence-based, 6-week, group cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), I consider self-management to be the cure for the current healthcare crisis. To this day, I live, breathe, and preach this program. If I have to fund it myself, my future practice will […]

Apple recently updated its free, health-related, open-source app development programs, Research Kit, Care Kit, and Health Kit. It is absolutely a mind-blowing resource for researchers, care providers, and all of humankind owning portable digital devices, which is a substantial percentage of our population(“Internet, social media use and device ownership in U.S. have plateaued after years of growth,” 2018). […]