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+ 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> Board of Commissioners <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No._14 <br /> Action Agenda Item Abstract <br /> Meeting Date: April 1,,1_997 <br /> Subject: Professional Services Contracts between the Health Department and <br /> the Departments of Family Medicine and Ob/Gyn <br /> Department Health Public Hearing Yes No_X_ <br /> Budget Amendment <br /> Needed Yes No <br /> Attachments(s) Information Contact <br /> 1. Agreement with the Department Health Director's Office X2411 <br /> of Family Medicine (3 months) <br /> 2. Agreement with Department of Telephone Number <br /> Ob/Gyn(3 months) Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> 3. Agreement with Department of Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Family Medicine (15 months) Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Purpose: To approve professional contract services for medical back-up between the Health <br /> Department and the School of Medicine Departments of Family Medicine and Ob/Gyn. <br /> Background: For more than a decade,the Health Department has contracted with the UNC <br /> School of Medicine's Departments of Family Medicine, Ob/Gyn and Pediatrics. These <br /> agreements were continued on a month-to-month basis for the current year through December <br /> 31,1996 while the contracts were being restructured. While the assessment process was expected <br /> to be completed by the end of December, it was not finalized until the Board of Health approval <br /> at its meeting of March 12, 1997. The attached documents continue services from the <br /> Departments of Family Medicine and Ob/Gyn from January 1, 1997 through March 31, 1997. <br /> The third attachment with Family Medicine is a 15-month agreement beginning April 1, 1997 <br /> through June 30, 1998. <br /> The new agreement streamlines the medical supervision of the nurses and nurse practitioners in the <br /> health department clinics and assures better continuity between clinical and hospital care as well as the <br /> care of women and children. The Health Director sent out bids to the Departments of Family Medicine, <br /> Ob/Gyn and Pediatrics as well as Piedmont Health Services. The Family Medicine proposal was <br /> preferred both from the perspective of the staff and the lower cost. <br />