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Plumas County therapist outlines jail mental‑health services and EMR plan to improve reentry
Summary
Matt Ward, lead therapist for the county jail, told the Plumas County Behavioral Health Commission the jail holds NCCHC accreditation, is moving to an on‑site EMR to improve continuity of care and hopes to bill for some services through CalAIM; staffing shortages limit group programming now.
Matt Ward, the county’s lead therapist for jail‑based services, told the Plumas County Behavioral Health Commission that the jail maintains NCCHC accreditation and is preparing to move from paper charts to an on‑site electronic medical record (EMR) to improve continuity of care.
"We were one of the first of the smaller jails to get this accreditation," Ward said, adding that an EMR will let staff look up past medical histories, coordinate psychiatric referrals and start discharge planning earlier. He said the county is exploring whether the…
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