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27.

Meeting Date:	09/24/2013
Williamson County Integrated Care Collaboration ICARE Participation Agreement
Submitted For:	Kenny Schnell	Submitted By:	Kenny Schnell, EMS
Department:	EMS
Agenda Category:	Regular Agenda Items

Information

Agenda Item

Discuss and consider approving the Integrated Care Collaboration (ICC) participation agreement.

Background

The Integrated Care Collaboration (ICC) is a non-profit organization providing a secure electronic health information exchange (the ICare System). The ICC's mission is to support the appropriate and secure exchange of electronic health information and adoption of health information technology, to enable and improve quality of care, contain costs, and support the meaningful use of certified electronic health records.

ICC complies with all HIPAA, HITECH, and other federal, and state privacy and security laws and regulations related directly or indirectly to use or disclosure individually identifiable patient information.

WCEMS does not enroll patients into the ICC, but is a participant to share informaton.

The agreement has been reveiwed and approved, as to form, by the Williamson County Attorney's.

Fiscal Impact

From/To	Acct No.	Description	Amount

Attachments
ICare Agreement

Form Review

Inbox	Reviewed By	Date
Hal Hawes	Hal Hawes	09/19/2013 11:34 AM
Jalyn Morris	Jalyn Morris	09/19/2013 12:06 PM
County Judge Exec Asst.	Wendy Coco	09/19/2013 01:27 PM
Form Started By: kschnell		Started On: 09/19/2013 10:46 AM
Final Approval Date: 09/19/2013