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Audit finds Behavioral Care Center 'very well run' but flags six improvement areas
Summary
The Audit Committee reviewed a report on the 60‑bed Behavioral Care Center that praised operations but identified one high‑risk and five medium‑risk issues, including unclear admittance criteria, handbook readability, security/drill gaps, third‑party documentation gaps, grievance privacy and medication inventory controls.
The county audit office told the Audit Committee that its review of the Behavioral Care Center (BCC) found the 60‑bed facility to be "very well run" but identified six areas needing improvement.
The audit, presented by the audit director, narrowed its scope to the BCC after auditors found the originally broader scope covered distinct processes across several agencies. The audit examined five objectives: intake and equity, training and staffing, clinical response to health events, fiscal controls for sharps and pharmaceuticals, and discharge effectiveness. Auditors said they found "comprehensive intake process, comprehensive discharge process, and dedicated staff that are trained well," but recorded one high‑risk and five medium‑risk observations.
Key recommendations included creating clearer admittance criteria and documenting reasons individuals are denied or decline admission to improve transparency and permit equity analysis; lowering the reading level and improving accessibility of the facility handbook; tightening…
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