HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05122015 - C.73RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute on behalf of the County, Participation
Agreement # 26-796 with the Leland Standard Junior University, an education institution, to allow Contra Costa
Regional Medical Center to participate in a collaborative to improve perinatal health care in California, for the period
from March 1, 2015 through February 28, 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This is a non-financial agreement.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of the collaboration is to improve the quality and outcomes of perinatal health care in California through:
a) development of a responsive, real time, statewide material and perinatal data system, b) taking advantage of
existing core State and front-end maternal and perinatal data systems, c) improvement in accuracy of the data
collected for documenting and reporting on maternal and infant health and the provision of maternity care services, d)
Development of a collaborating network of public and private obstetric and neonatal providers, insurers, public
health professionals and business groups to supports a system for benchmarking and continue performance
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 05/12/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
ABSENT:Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Anna Roth, 370-5101
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: May 12, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc: T Scott, C Rucker
C. 73
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:May 12, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Participation Agreement #26-796 with the Leland Stanford Junior University
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
improvement activities for perinatal care.
Approval of Participation Agreement #26-796 will allow County to participate in a collaborative to improve perinatal
health care in California, through February 28, 2018.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this agreement is not approved, County will not be able to participate and take advantage of statewide data systems
improving the accuracy of perinatal health care at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.