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Follow-up audit finds persistent gaps in prison health care; auditors recommend further oversight and a two-year follow-up
Summary
A second in-depth follow-up audit of health care in Utah state prisons found continuing systemic deficiencies — including documentation gaps, delayed care, medication handling problems and biohazard controls — even as state health leaders cite progress and improvements.
Auditors presented a second in-depth follow-up of health care services in Utah state prisons and recommended additional oversight and another in-depth follow-up in two years.
Brian (audit presenter) told the subcommittee the 2021 audit and a 2023 follow-up led to 25 recommendations overall; auditors found 18 recommendations still in process. He said the audit’s clinical reviewer concluded the system is “adequate” but identified continuing systemic deficiencies. “Fifty percent of the inmates that he reviewed received inadequate or inappropriate care,” the auditor reported, an increase from 17% in 2021; shortcomings included lack of documentation (“if it wasn't charted, it didn't happen”), delays in timely care, inadequate follow-up and vague monitoring orders.
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