California Institution Boasts Cost Effective Healthcare with On-Site Dialysis Center.DELANO, Calif. -- Championing Governor Schwarzenegger's objective to advance health care in the state's prison See State prison system, American Correctional Solutions (ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. ) and DaVita began servicing the inmate population at their own on-site dialysis treatment facility located inside the walls at Kern Valley State Prison Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) is located in Delano, California and is adjacent to North Kern State Prison. Kern Valley is a Level IV Maximum Security institution. This prison currently houses 2,448 inmates with a design capacity of 4,791. . "To achieve this goal speaks highly of all involved. I was fortunate to be part of this wonderful team and look forward to working on similar projects where we can improve health care for our inmate population, improve public safety by providing on-site dialysis rather than endangering the public by transporting inmates/patients into the community, and of course save the taxpayer money by eliminating the cost of secure transportation on a daily basis," said Dr. Nadim Khoury, Chief Deputy Clinical Services, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. . On Monday, October 9, 2006, ACS, California's leading provider of on-site correctional health care working together with DaVita, the largest independent provider of dialysis services in the nation, began providing dialysis to the inmate population. "I am so thrilled that Kern Valley State Prison has been able to forge this relationship with American Correctional Solutions on the opening of the Dialysis Center at KVSP. This will provide a much needed service to the inmate population in providing cost effective and appropriate health care services in a secure environment," said Sharon L. Zamora, Health Care Manger manger cattle trough which served as crib for Christ. [N.T.: Luke 2:7] See : Nativity , Kern Valley State Prison. Located on 480 acres, Kern Valley State Prison is built to house 5,000 inmates and is currently at a population of 4,799. KVSP is designed to be the first fully programmed Level IV institution in California with a variety of academic and vocational education vocational education, training designed to advance individuals' general proficiency, especially in relation to their present or future occupations. The term does not normally include training for the professions. programs. American Correctional Solutions (ACS) has been a leader in California's correctional inmate health care since l985. "The cooperation between ACS and KVSP has been extraordinary to say the least in achieving this goal. I couldn't ask for a better team to undertake this task," said Zamora. All components of ACS's clinical teams are oriented to institutional services such as, ophthalmologic exams and surgery, mental health care, highly advanced digital radiology radiology, branch of medicine specializing in the use of X rays, gamma rays, radioactive isotopes, and other forms of radiation in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. , and now dialysis. "Dialysis is another example of ACS achieving our goal of meeting or exceeding community medical standards in the prison environment," said Barry Goldstein, COO of ACS. DaVita provides dialysis services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney failure Chronic Kidney Failure Definition Chronic kidney failure occurs when disease or disorder damages the kidneys so that they are no longer capable of adequately removing fluids and wastes from the body or of maintaining the proper level of certain at nearly 1,255 outpatient dialysis centers located in 41 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , serving approximately 100,000 patients. DaVita also provides acute inpatient dialysis in over 320 hospitals across the country.
For more information, interview opportunities, and photos of Kern
Valley State Prison's on-site dialysis facility please contact Lisa
Fox at 714.614.1590 or lisabethfox@sbcglobal.net.
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