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a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute an agreement with Santa Cruz Health Information Organization, a California non-profit public benefit corporation, dba Serving Communities Health Information Organization (SCHIO) for electronic health information exchange services at NMC for an amount not to exceed $200,000 with a term of three years from the date signed by CEO or his designee.
b. Approve the NMC’s Chief Executive Officer’s recommendation to accept the non-standard agreement in its entirety.
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RECOMMENDATION:
a. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute an agreement with Santa Cruz Health Information Organization, a California non-profit public benefit corporation, dba Serving Communities Health Information Organization (SCHIO) for electronic health information exchange services at NMC for an amount not to exceed $200,000 with a term of three years from the date signed by CEO or his designee.
b. Approve the NMC’s Chief Executive Officer’s recommendation to accept the non-standard agreement in its entirety.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad Medical Center has a need to enhance its Meditech electronic health record system’s (EHR) health information exchange capabilities for three reasons: 1) To comply with the State of California’s legislative mandate (AB133) that all hospitals in the state are required to securely exchange patient information via a “Qualified Health Information Exchange (QHIO);” 2) Maintain a common health information exchange platform between Natividad Medical Center, the Monterey County Health Department and area hospitals to facilitate transitions of care; and 3) To meet the data exchange requirements of the Central California Alliance for Health (CCAH) to receive additional Medi-Cal incentive funds.
The hospital has collaborated with the Health Department on reviewing various health information excha...
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