HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02242009 - C.61RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Jeff Smith, M.D.) to
accept on behalf of the County Grant Award #29-677 (08-1057) from the California
Healthcare Foundation, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $40,000 for the Enabling
Chronic Disease Registries Project, a Multi-Condition Chronic Disease Management
System (CDMS), for the period from May 1, 2008 through February 28, 2009.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Award will result in $40,000 from the California Healthcare Foundation
for the County’s Regional Medical Center Enabling Chronic Disease Registries Project, a
Multi-Condition Chronic Disease Management System (CDMS). No County funds are
required.
BACKGROUND:
Fourteen million Californians have at least one chronic condition, while seven million have
two or more conditions and yet direct health care accounts for more than 75 percent of total
health care expenditures. Despite a wealth of scientific evidence and the availability
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 02/24/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Jeff Smith, M.D.
(370-5113)
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: February 24, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Celicia Nelson, Deputy
cc: Jacqueline Pigg, Barbara Borbon
C.61
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:February 24, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Grant Award #29-677 from the California Healthcare Foundation
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
of information about best practices in chronic disease care, many patients do not receive the
care and support they need to effectively manage their conditions. Funding for this Enabling
Chronic Disease Registries Project, a Multi-Condition Chronic Disease Management
System (CDMS), will allow the County’s Regional Medical Center to purchase this chronic
disease management system with the proper functionality to accelerate the spread of chronic
disease improvement work throughout Contra Costa County. The goal of the project will be
to improve health outcomes and assist in the reduction of health disparities, while having
the ability to track and monitor the care of patients with chronic conditions over time,
identify those with gaps in care and reach out to bring them in for needed tests or treatment,
and to provide clinicians with timely and accurate information about what is needed at the
time of a patient visit.
Approval of Grant Award #29-677 will provide funding to expand the chronic disease
registry functionality and implementation of a new chronic disease management system
(CDMS) at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center through, February 28, 2009.