Inspection of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Federal Medical Center Devens

Ensure that FMC Devens Executive Leadership and the Central Office's Human Resource Management Division discuss the staffing projection tool methodology and how it compares with FMC Devens Executive Leadership's understanding of its current and potential future mission needs to ensure greater alignment between stakeholder staffing projections.

Ensure that FMC Devens follows BOP guidance for buprenorphine and naloxone administration and observation and that all FMC Devens employees who administer medication receive training on BOP guidance and policies for medication administration.

Ensure that FMC Devens develops a consistent and accurate medical record tracking procedure with the contracted company that includes regular and recurring reconciliation of outside inmate medical records between FMC Devens and the contracted company.

Ensure that FMC Devens follows the BOP Patient Care Policy for sick call and provides training to all FMC Devens Health Services Department employees on the policy, as well as on FMC Devens sick call procedures.

Ensure that all FMC Devens inmates over age 50 are receiving preventive healthcare screenings, including cognitive impairment screening.

Ensure that FMC Devens verifies the credential files of all providers prior to allowing them to administer care to inmates, and ensure that FMC Devens completes peer reviews in accordance with BOP policy.

Ensure that inmates admitted to and housed in the Memory Disorder Unit are appropriately placed in accordance with FMC Devens's established criteria.

Ensure that FMC Devens adheres to BOP policy on medical inmate companion screening and hiring and that FMC Devens employees screening and hiring these companions are trained on the policies and procedures.