REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
July 9, 2024
FROM
ANDREW GOLDFRACH, ARMC Chief Executive Officer, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
SUBJECT
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Non-Financial Affiliation Agreement with Inland Faculty Specialists for Specialized Clinical Training
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve Non-Financial Affiliation Agreement, including non-standard terms, with Inland Faculty Specialists to allow Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellow Physicians to obtain outpatient continuity clinical training, for the period of July 9, 2024 through July 8, 2029.
(Presenter: Andrew Goldfrach, ARMC Chief Executive Officer, 580-6150)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost) as this Affiliation Agreement (Agreement) with Inland Faculty Specialists (IFS) is non-financial in nature.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This Agreement will allow Arrowhead Regional Medical Center's (ARMC) Maternal Fetal Medicine fellow physicians to obtain outpatient continuity clinical training at IFS.
Fellow physicians typically acquire specialty clinical knowledge at other medical facilities. These medical facilities offer the opportunity for fellow physicians to gain experience caring for patients and performing procedures in specialties that ARMC may not offer or have too few patients to provide appropriate experience. It allows ARMC to continue to provide a well-rounded education opportunity to ARMC's fellow physicians and to ensure that those physicians obtain the training they need to complete their fellowship program in accordance with the requirements of the program's accreditation agency.
Upon completion of the training, fellow physicians use this clinical knowledge to provide quality specialized patient care ...
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