Title
Authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Renewal and Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement (A-12169) with eCare Manage Inc. for Strategic and Information Technology Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to December 31, 2013 and adding $1,140,000 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $2,490,000 in the aggregate.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors authorize the Purchasing Manager for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to execute Renewal and Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement (A-12169) with eCare Manage Inc. for Strategic and Information Technology Services at NMC, extending the Agreement to December 31, 2013 and adding $1,140,000 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $2,490,000 in the aggregate.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad Medical Center is working to complete several information technology initiatives to meet regulatory requirements including Delivery System Reform Incentive Payments (DSRIP) goals, and to ensure the facility meets all the necessary upgrades and changes to our various medical systems to maintain the quality of care our patients expect.
In an effort to meet the ongoing needs of our patients it is important that we have a resource available to provide strategic direction to the NMC Information Technology (IT) Department. Over the next year NMC needs to make significant progress toward an electronic health record, and wireless nursing call system. Approval of this Renewal and Amendment No. 1 will allow NMC to maintain existing resources to help NMC move forward with this vision over the next year.
eCare Manage Inc. has performed work for NMC for several years, in 2011 NMC received approval for an agreement of $450,000 for Interim Chief Information Officer services. That contract ended in December 2011. In 2012 NMC entered into a new agreement modifying the services provided by eCare Manage Inc. to delete Interim Chief Information Officer services, to...
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