Jeff Keller

Jail Medicine

Jeff Keller

Jeffrey E. Keller is a Board Certified Emergency Physician with 25 years of emergency medicine practice experience before moving full time into his "true calling" of correctional medicine. He is the medical director of Badger Medical, which provides medical services to several jails and juvenile facilities in Idaho. Dr. Keller is a Fellow of both the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American College of Correctional Physicians. He serves on the Board of Directors of the American College of Correctional Physicians.

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Is a concrete cell really the best we have to offer our mentally ill?
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A homeless schizophrenic took off most of his clothes in public and was talking loudly to no one in particular – does he really belong in jail?
Sample food allergy guideline for correctional facilities
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The goal is to accurately identify those individuals with a true food allergy and exclude those who do not have a true food allergy
Should jails allow methadone treatment programs?
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Whether to continue methadone treatments in jail is a clinical decision that is a balancing act between two conflicting principles
How jail medical staff should handle inmate medical record requests
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Here are the answers to many questions you may have if an inmate ever asks or demands a copy of their medical records while incarcerated in your jail
Removing microdermal implants: A photographic tutorial
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Microdermal implants can be problematic in correctional settings
How does jail medicine differ from prison medicine?
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There's a lot of overlap between prison and jail medicine, but here are a few (generalized) differences between the two
Case study: "I fell and hurt my hand"
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How would you approach this type of injury?
Best practices: Inmate satisfaction surveys!
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Satisfaction surveys? In a Jail? Whadaya, nuts? But it works!

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