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Approve and authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement (A-12461) with Navin, Haffty & Associates, LLC for Information Technology Project Management Consulting Services at NMC to extend the term an additional five months for a revised Agreement term of July 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014 at no additional cost.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors approve and authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement (A-12461) with Navin, Haffty & Associates, LLC for Information Technology Project Management Consulting Services at NMC to extend the term an additional five months for a revised Agreement term of July 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014 at no additional cost.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
For the last several years NMC has purchased, and continues to purchase, necessary modules of MediTech in order to systematically build a fully operational Electronic Health Record (EHR). Modules of MediTech, in turn, meet the ongoing mandated Medicaid and Medicare Meaningful Use Requirements via the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act legislated by the federal government.
MediTech Physician Documentation (PDoc) is an essential part to meeting the requirements of Meaningful Use and the mandated HITECH Act for an EHR. For NMC to meet Meaningful Use Stage 2, PDoc must be in place and fully functional by October 1, 2014. PDoc is an application of NMC's Meditech software modules, Physician Care Manager II (PCMII) and Emergency Department 2(EDM2). PDoc allows for physicians to electronically document in the electronic health record, including but not limited to subjective histories from patients, physical exam, relevant results and then their assessment and plans including problem lists. The plan is then executed via Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) as pr...
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