CCRHD Board Highlights - December 4th mtg

Present: Chair B. Simpson/Vice-Chair A. Richmond; Directors Sjostrom, Bachmeier, Massier, Forseth, Delainey, LeBourdais, Wagner, Glassford, Kirby, Macdonald, Fourchalk, Cobb, Campsall and Watson

Meeting called to order - 9:30am

Meeting Agenda approved 

Minutes of the CCRHD Board Meeting held on November 13th, 2020 were received/adopted

Delegations Memorandum of Business was received

Business:

1) Hospital Consent Calendar was received by the Board

2) The Board received a Contracting Services Agreement between the CCRHD and Quesnel Community Economic Development Corporation for the retention of a Physician and Health Professional Recruitment Liaison for the Quesnel area, approved the Agreement and authorized its' signatories to sign the agreement on behalf of the CCRHD

3) The Board received/approved a Northern Health funding request for Phase 1 of its InCare Project for funding in the amount of $77,151 representing the CCRHD’s 1.6% portion of the cost and directed Staff to bring forward the necessary Capital Expenditure Bylaw at the CCRHD Board's January 2021 meeting

4) The Board received the Interior Health Capital Projects and Planning Status Report, for October 2020

5) The Board received the Information Bulletin from Northern Health, dated December 1, 2020, to advise that the Northern Health Connections program will be running on a modified holiday schedule

6) The Board received the Public Service Announcement from Interior Health regarding a new 1-800 number being expanded in the Cariboo Chilcotin, Central Okanagan, and Kootenay Boundary regions to improve access and navigate home and community care and chronic disease management services

The Chair provided a verbal report on Capital Projects in both Interior Health/Northern Health within the CCRHD... 

The Chair declared a recess at 9:42am until Delegations at 11:30am

Meeting resumed at 11:38am

Delegation:

Chris Engst - Director, Babylon by TELUS Health; Dr. Keir Peterson - Medical Director for Babylon Canada and Valerie Overin - Senior Product Manager, TELUS Health appeared before the Board, via teleconference, to provide a presentation on Babylon by TELUS Health

A Question/Answer period ensued

The Chair thanked the delegation for their time/information

The Board then adjourned at 12:04pm