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a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute an agreement with Laerdal Medical Corporation for turnkey SimCapture cloud subscription service at NMC for an amount not to exceed $21,273 with an agreement term November 13, 2023 through November 12, 2028.
b. Approve the NMC’s Chief Executive Officer’s recommendation to accept non-standard indemnification, limitations on liability, and limitations on damages provisions within the agreement.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute an agreement with Laerdal Medical Corporation for turnkey SimCapture cloud subscription service at NMC for an amount not to exceed $21,273 with an agreement term November 13, 2023 through November 12, 2028.
b. Approve the NMC’s Chief Executive Officer’s recommendation to accept non-standard indemnification, limitations on liability, and limitations on damages provisions within the agreement.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Our primary goal at NMC is to offer our patients and their family’s high quality, safe patient care. One of the ways we achieve this at NMC is to promote ongoing professional staff development through various teaching modalities such as continuing education and simulation-based learning activities. In relation, the Natividad Simulation Lab needs to upgrade into Laerdal’s new SimCapture cloud subscription to supplement the AV (audio-visual) system for operating various high-fidelity manikins being used for simulation-based learning activities. SimCapture is the new replacement for the simulation SimView AV system. Laerdal has phased out the SimView platform and it was replaced by SimCapture. The technology from this new AV system will support the database tracking report that is currently required to maintain the accreditation status of Natividad Simulation Center according to the standards set forth by the Society of Simulation in Healthcare.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The Office of County Counsel has reviewed and approved this agreement as to form, and the Auditor-Controller has reviewed and approved as to payment provisions. The agreement has also been reviewed and approved by NMC’s Finance Committee and by its Board of Trustees on October 13, 2023.
FINANCING:
The cost for this agreement $21,273 which is included in the FY 2023-24 Adopted Budget.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STRATEGIC INITIATIVES:
Natividad Medical Center is dedicated to the people of Monterey County to provide the best possible care to each patient. It is critical that resources are available for staff’s professional development in order to maintain high quality and safe patient care.
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Prepared by: Maria Lourdes Escolta, MSN, RN, CNS, Director of Nursing Education, 783-2851
Approved by: Charles R. Harris, Chief Executive Officer, 783-2553
Attachments:
Laerdal Medical Corporation SimCapture Master Service Agreement
Attachments on file with the Clerk of the Board