REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
March 12, 2024
FROM
WILLIAM L. GILBERT, Director, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
SUBJECT
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Non-Financial Data Use Agreement Template to Disclose a Limited Data Set for Research Purposes
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
1. Approve non-financial Data Use Agreement Template to enable Arrowhead Regional Medical Center to disclose a Limited Data Set for research purposes.
2. Authorize the Director of Arrowhead Regional Medical Center to execute the Non-Financial Data Use Agreement Template with organizations conducting health related research, and make non-substantive changes to the template, on behalf of the County, subject to approval by County Counsel, for the term of March 12, 2024 through March 11, 2029.
(Presenter: William L. Gilbert, Director, 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 Data Use Agreement Template (Agreement) is non-financial in nature.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This Agreement will enable Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) to provide a Limited Data Set to third-party researchers for the purpose of conducting health related research. It will allow ARMC physicians to perform multi-site studies with a larger database and better analysis and understanding of the problems, which may provide insight to identification and management of the county residents health and safety complications.
Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), covered entities, such as hospitals, are generally required to obtain the written authorization of a patient prior to releasing protected health information about the patient, unless an exception applies. Under HIPAA, one such exceptio...
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