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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

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
cc:	T Scott C Rucker

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,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(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 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.