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ALAMEDA COUNTY HEALTH CARE SERVICES AGENCY Colleen Chawla, HCSA
Emergency Medical Services District
1000 San Leandro Blvd, Suite 200 San Leandro, CA 94577
Lauri McFadden,
Karl Sporer, MD, Medical Main: (510) 618-Fax: (510) 618-
EMS SYSTEM REDESIGN WORKGROUP
September 12, 2019
Draft Minutes
Attendees
Alameda County Fire
Alameda County Regional Emergency Communications Center
Hayward Fire Department
Alameda Fire Department
Fremont Fire Department
Piedmont Fire Department
Albany Fire Department
Berkeley Fire Department
Oakland Fire Department
Falck Ambulance
National Association of Government Employees (SEIU)
Local 55
Eden Medical Center
the group for their participation in this
important process. Co-chairs Chief Garrett
Contreras and Anne Kronenberg gave opening
AAR provider
transition
Ground Rules
Redesign Workgroup.
Distributed.
Ground rules were established:
• Patient care should be the guiding
principle and should be considered first
in all decision making.
• Learning from both the successes and
opportunities for improvement.
• Workgroup is not a forum to point
fingers, assign blame, or belittle
individuals or agencies/companies.
• Discourse civil, constructive and
productive.
Comments will be
incorporated in
final AAR.
Anne K
Process
Meeting Schedule
•
opportunities to continue to improve
our system, and we all want to serve
the community at the highest possible
level.
• Together we can achieve a more
perfect EMS System and we agree to
work together on system redesign.
Committees will be formed (each committee will
include at least one stakeholder representing
each EMS discipline). Committees will
investigate system models, financing and
technology issues. Committee work will be
shared with all members during large
Workgroup meetings. The System Redesign
Workgroup may also have special presentations
from SMEs.
Schedule confirmed through 2020
Committees will
be formed at the
November
meeting.
Discussion about
committee
structure at
October meeting.
Send out calendar
invitations to
those who signed
All
Anne K
possible guiding principles to inform policy
decisions. It was agreed that the Workgroup
would model Alameda County Vision 2026
incorporating the following Operating Principles:
• Collaboration
• Fiscal Stewardship
• Equity
• Innovation
• Sustainability
• Access
In addition, the Workgroup established the
following EMS System Redesign Guiding
Principles:
• Preserving a high and equitable level of
emergency and non-emergency medical response throughout the
County.
• Producing a sustainable system that is
cost-effective and fiscally responsible
while preserving a high quality of
patient care.
• Supporting the current and future EMS
workforce throughout the redesign
process, at the same time mandating individual accountability and
professionalism from all EMS
personnel.
• Multi-agency collaboration throughout
the process.
• Ensuring the right resource to the right
call (Right care/right time/right place).
• Embracing innovation.
• Cognizant of technology throughout
guiding principles
were approved.
Specific guiding
principles for
workgroup were
established.
This will be a long
process – we will keep going back
to the principles
and check to
make sure we are
on track
throughout the
process.
• Include disaster preparedness
considerations in recommendations.
• Equity and transparency throughout to
build and reinforce trust.
• Explore healthcare alternatives,
different systems, building on assess
and refer.
stakeholders
should be at the
table?
Hospital reps including JGP and long-term care
facilities
City administrators
Urgent care clinic reps
Insurance companies
EMSA – maybe later in the process Behavioral Health – including Berkeley
Training Institution
Airport representative
Patient family advisors – Eden
was directed to
send names and
contact
information to
Anne Kronenberg
prior to the next meeting.
Anne K to draft
invitation for
Director Chawla
to send to City
Administrators.
with the stakeholders to make sure costly
equipment changes take this into account.
Utilizing IT components to change the way
patients are treated on scene. Look at IT tools
on the horizon.
Focus groups could be used to ensure
community participation. Should explore
separate feedback mechanisms, possibly
put in the
“Parking Lot” and
will be explored
as we move
forward.
will be provided.
Different models
around the
Country. City
Administrators
will be invited.
on power point
of alternate
systems.
All – If you know
of a particular
system you
would like to
investigate
please share this
information