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Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment no. 3 to the agreement with CortiCare, Inc. to provide remote EEG (electroencephalogram) monitoring and reading services of NMC patients as requested by NMC, adding $264,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $464,000, and extending the agreement an additional three (3) year period (April 20, 2018 through April 19, 2021) for a revised full agreement term of April 20, 2015 through April 19, 2021.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment no. 3 to the agreement with CortiCare, Inc. to provide remote EEG (electroencephalogram) monitoring and reading services of NMC patients as requested by NMC, adding $264,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $464,000, and extending the agreement an additional three (3) year period (April 20, 2018 through April 19, 2021) for a revised full agreement term of April 20, 2015 through April 19, 2021.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
CortiCare, Inc. is a telemetry diagnostic company that provides remote neurotelemetry monitoring services through an EEG (electroencephalogram). The EEG system is owned by NMC and has HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliant interface software that works with any EEG system allowing clinicians access to view live video of patients and EEG waveforms while using a secured interface ID and password. Upon request by NMC, CortiCare will provide registered EEG technologists to monitor the cerebral status through EEG electrodes that are attached to a patient's scalp to evaluate the electrical activity in the brain and also provide certified reading Neurophysiologists, or equivalent, to interpret the EEG recordings. The goal of continuous EEG monitoring is to recognize a decline in a patient's condition before physi...
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