Unit Commander
Captain
Michael K. Kwan

The Medical Services Bureau provides health care services for all inmates housed within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department jail system. Medical staff are responsible for the quality of health care in all of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department medical facilities. Along with physicians and nurses, the Medical Services Bureau provides the services of dentists, pharmacies, laboratories, radiology, and health information management services. Our bureau has become a leader in innovative technology implementing programs such as Jail Health Information System Technologies/Jail Health Information System (JHIS), Automated Drug Packaging (Auto Med), Picture Archiving Communications System (PACS), and JHIS Telemedicine. In 2007, over 10, 000 inmates received prescribed medications. This, combined with the growing number of daily nursing evaluations and treatments, has resulted in over 8 million inmate contacts per year in all the medical units within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.