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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: March 19, 2012 <br />Item No.: 7.d <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: Fire Department & Allina Hospitals and Clinics Data use Agreement <br />Amendment <br />B <br />ACKGROUND <br />1 <br />The Fire Department provides medical first response to the community more than 3,200 times <br />2 <br />annually. Roseville firefighters are trained to provide medical treatments, including medications, <br />3 <br />at the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) level. Allina Medical Transportation, <br />4 <br />Roseville Fire Department, and the Coon Rapids Fire Department are interested in studying the <br />5 <br />effects of pre-arrival EMT interventions, with advanced skills, on the long term outcome of <br />6 <br />patients. <br />7 <br />8 <br />Allina Medical Transportation in cooperation with Allina Hospital & Clinics applied for and <br />9 <br />received a grant to study the pre-arrival impacts. As part of the study the Roseville Fire <br />10 <br />Department will be providing Allina with access to our medical records for the purpose of <br />11 <br />reviewing data related to the study. In conjunction with the release of data the Fire Department <br />12 <br />entered into a data use agreement with Allina Hospitals and Clinics (“Allina Medical <br />13 <br />Transportation”). <br />14 <br />15 <br />On October 10, 2011 the Council authorized the Fire Department to enter into the Data Use <br />16 <br />Agreement. At this time staff is requesting that the City Council authorize an amendment to the <br />17 <br />Data Use Agreement with Allina Hospitals and Clinics (“Allina Medical Transportation”), with <br />18 <br />the only change being the addition of two names to the agreement. <br />19 <br />FI <br />INANCIAL MPACTS <br />20 <br />There is no financial impact. <br />21 <br />SR <br />TAFF ECOMMENDATION <br />22 <br />Staff recommends the City Council authorize an amendment to the Data Use Agreement with <br />23 <br />Allina Hospitals and Clinics (“Allina Medical Transportation”). <br />24 <br />RCA <br />EQUESTED OUNCIL CTION <br />25 <br />Authorize an amendment to the Data Use Agreement with Allina Hospitals and Clinics (“Allina <br />26 <br />Medical Transportation”). <br />27 <br />Prepared by: Timothy O’Neill, Fire Chief <br />28 <br />Attachments: A: Original RCA B: Allina Data Agreement <br />29 <br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />