Agenda Date: 02/16/2016
Subject:
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Resolution approving a Memorandum of Understanding and Business Associate Agreement with the Colorado Springs Fire Department for the CONNECT Colorado Mobile Integration Health Demonstration Project
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Presented By:
Chris Armstrong, Fire Chief
POLICY QUESTION:
Does city council support a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for participation in the CONNECT Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) demonstration project?
BACKGROUND:
Glossary of terms:
MIH - Mobile Integrated Health (as it stands now LFR Cares Car)
CONNECT - Community Outreach Navigation Network Education & Collaboration Team
CSFD - Colorado Springs Fire Department (the anchor for the project)
BAA - Business Associate Agreement (standard language for HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) agreement between agencies)
There are individuals that frequently access 911 for non-911 related health care needs. The state is looking at providing funding for EMS-based programs that better address their needs. To do this they need certain data points captured, which we are now doing. We want to collaborate with other fire departments in effort to secure long-term funding from the state for all municipalities involved. The CONNECT project achieves this goal, using a set of data requirements that have already allowed some municipalities to receive limited funding.
In the next two years, there is an opportunity to receive state funding to address healthcare needs of those 'super-users' that access 911 the most. In order to be eligible for this opportunity, fire departments across the state are standardizing data collection methods to provide specific data needed to secure this funding. This project utilizes a set of metrics already approved by state agencies to extend this opportunity to our citizens.
Each department involved in this project would base the specific intervention on the needs and resources present in their communiti...
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