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Authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute an Agreement with Navin, Haffty & Associates, LLC for Computerized Physician Order Entry Support Services at NMC in an amount not to exceed $1,907,500 for the period May 1, 2013 to July 31, 2014.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute an Agreement with Navin, Haffty & Associates, LLC for Computerized Physician Order Entry Support Services at NMC in an amount not to exceed $1,907,500 for the period May 1, 2013 to July 31, 2014.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
CPOE is an essential part to meeting the requirements of the mandated Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act for an Electronic Health Record (EHR) System (in NMC's case MediTech). CPOE is the most clinically critical of all EHR implementations due to its potential impact on morbidity and mortality of NMC patients. In a study reviewing CPOE implementation by the Lucille Packard Hospital, implementation of CPOE resulted in a 20% reduction in mortality. In another study from the University of Pittsburg, where CPOE implementation was sub-optimal; there was a increase in mortality from 2.80 to 6.57%. NMC needs to be in the later camp.
For the last several years NMC has purchased, and continues to purchase, necessary modules of MediTech in order to systematically build a fully operational EHR. Modules of MediTech, in turn, meet the ongoing mandated Medicaid and Medicare Meaningful Use requirements via the HITECH Act legislated by the federal government.
"Meaningful Use" is defined as the "Meaningful use of an EHR Technology (in NMC's case MediTech) to achieve specific health and efficiency goals." Meaningful Use, as dictated by the HITECH Act, states that all hospitals meeting the targets of Meaningful Use Stage 1 & 2, will receive reimbursements for provided services. Meaningful Use Sta...
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