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a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute a Program Letter of Agreement with Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium for the purpose of offering clinical rotations outside of Natividad Medical Center (NMC) for residents currently working at NMC with an agreement term October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2021.
b. Approve the NMC Chief Executive Officer’s recommendation to accept non-standard provisions (insurance and indemnification) within the agreement.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute a Program Letter of Agreement with Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium for the purpose of offering clinical rotations outside of Natividad Medical Center (NMC) for residents currently working at NMC with an agreement term October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2021.
b. Approve the NMC Chief Executive Officer’s recommendation to accept non-standard provisions (insurance and indemnification) within the agreement.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
This partnership with the SEARHC is for the purpose of offering an elective one month clinical rotation for Natividad residents. SEARHC offers rural health rotations in Alaska, where residents have the opportunity to learn the skills they would need for a career in full-spectrum rural health care. The Natividad Family Medicine Residency particularly seeks applicants interested in rural health care, as part of our mission is to train family physicians to meet needs of Monterey County patients, including the rural Salinas Valley. Currently Mee Memorial Hospital is unable to support resident rotations, so SEARHC provides an alternative offering that is attractive to current and future residents interested in rural health care.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
County Counsel reviewed and approved this program letter of agreement as to legal form, and the Auditor-Controller reviewed and approved as to payment provisions. The program letter of agreement was reviewed and approved by NMC’s Finance Committee on August 22, 2019 and by its Board of Trustees on September 6, 2019.
FINANCING:
There is no cost associated with this program letter of agreement.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STRATEGIC INITIATIVES:
Supporting this elective rotation opportunity for Natividad residents helps promote the success of our graduates who are interested in pursuing additional training in Rural Health. This allows Natividad to selectively recruit the most highly qualified applicants who are committed to the mission of our program, to improve the health of the people of Monterey County, particularly the most vulnerable.
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Prepared by: Melissa Nothnagle, MD, Director of Family Practice Residency, 783-2582
Approved by: Gary R. Gray, DO, Chief Executive Officer, 783-2504
Attachments:
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Program Letter of Agreement
Attachments on file with the Clerk of the Board