DATE: June 20, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: David Pomaville, Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT: Saint Agnes Medical Center, CHE Trinity Health Confidentiality and Network Access Agreement
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Public Health, or designee, and Department employees identified as having a need to access the Saint Agnes Medical Center Network to execute the Saint Agnes Medical Center, CHE Trinity Health Confidentiality and Network Access Agreement, for electronic medical records access for public health activities and treatment coordination, effective June 20, 2017 with no specified termination date ($0).
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will authorize the execution of a network access agreement for each Department of Public Health employee that requires access to medical records to conduct public health activities (e.g., communicable disease investigation) and treatment coordination for services provided by the Department. Currently, an estimated 25 Department employees in the Community Health and Public Health Nursing divisions require access to the electronic medical records. There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board not approve the recommended action, Department staff will continue to request and receive medical record information via mail and/or fax. The process often results in multiple phone calls to request information and is neither timely nor efficient.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action or monetary compensation associated with the access to information.
DISCUSSION:
Department staff performs California Department of Public Health and Department of Health Care Services mandated functions that require knowledge of and/or health care records from various providers including Saint Agnes Medical Center, CHE Trinity ...
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