Evaluation of a Seven State Criminal History Screening Pilot Program for Long-Term Care Workers |
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| Authors: | Tiffany A Radcliff PhD Alan White PhD David R West PhD Donna Hurd RN MSN Murray J Côté PhD |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver , Aurora , Colorado , USA;2. Department of Health Policy and Management , Texas A&3. M , College Station , Texas , USA Tiffany.Radcliff@ucdenver.edu;5. Abt Associates , Durham , North Carolina , USA;6. School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver , Aurora , Colorado , USA;7. Abt Associates, Inc. , Cambridge , Massachusetts , USA;8. Department of Health Policy and Management , Texas A&9. M , College Station , Texas , USA |
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| Abstract: | This article summarizes results from an evaluation of a federally sponsored criminal history screening (CHS) pilot program to improve screening for workers in long-term care settings. The evaluation addressed eight key issues specified through enabling legislation, including efficiency, costs, and outcomes of screening procedures. Of the 204,339 completed screenings, 3.7% were disqualified due to criminal history, and 18.8% were withdrawn prior to completion for reasons that may include relevant criminal history. Lessons learned from the pilot program experiences may inform a new national background check demonstration program. |
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| Keywords: | elder abuse mixed methods program evaluation long-term care health policy criminal history processing |
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