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C.118

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	October 18, 2016

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Non-Financial Agreement #76-554 with The Regents of the University of California for its University of California San Francisco campus

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/18/2016

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
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Samir Shah, 925-370-5525
cc:	D Morgan M Wilhelm

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: October 18, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Non-Financial Agreement #76-554 with The Regents of the University of California for its University of California San Francisco campus, an educational institution, to collect data on palliative care service at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center for the period from September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2018.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None, this is a non-financial agreement.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

BACKGROUND:

Under Contract #76-554, the Contractor will share data on Palliative Care Quality Network (PCQN) for analysis to determine best practices for the sustainability and effectiveness of palliative care services, through August 31, 2018. This contract includes mutual indemnification.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: (CONT'D)

If this agreement is not approved, the County would not have access to shared data used to identify best practices to engage in quality improvement processes for palliative care services data to determine best practices for the sustainability and effectiveness.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not applicable.