RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #23-434-3 with Kaiser Foundation Hospitals - Walnut Creek Medical Center, a non-profit corporation, to act as a designated center to assist patients who have been assessed by ambulance personnel with a cardiac condition known as ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI), for the period from September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Contractor will pay County a fee of $5,000 per year to offset the costs of County’s oversight activities. There is no general fund impact.
BACKGROUND:
In collaboration with hospitals, first-responders, and transport agencies, Contra Costa’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency has been working towards implementing a program designating hospitals as ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) receiving centers. The designated centers will provide the most advanced and rapid care for patients with heart attacks known as STEMI by unblocking arteries in the heart in a rapid fashion.
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