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Crown Point approves agreement with Franciscan Health to expand mobile integrated health referrals
Summary
The board approved a program agreement and a health-information access/security agreement with Franciscan Health to allow earlier referrals to the city's Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) program and to permit MIH staff secure Epic access for care coordination; the contracts include a termination clause if grant funding ends.
The Board of Public Works and Safety approved agreements with Franciscan Health on Nov. 5 to formalize referrals and health-record access for Crown Point's Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) program.
The chief described two linked agreements: (1) a program agreement under which Franciscan will refer patients who meet program criteria to the city's MIH services at or before hospital discharge; and (2) a health-information security access agreement to allow MIH staff Epic access for care coordination. The chief said the MIH program currently receives most referrals from EMS crews and repeat-call patients; adding a hospital referral pathway expands the program's reach.
The agreements were described as not currently funded through the hospital relationship; the MIH team remains primarily grant-funded. Contracts contain language allowing the city to terminate the agreement on short notice if grant funding is lost. The board approved both agreements.
