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a. Authorize Natividad Medical Center to increase the total project cost approved by the Board of Supervisors for $1,350,000 for the Nurse Call project by $1,651,000, to a revised total project cost of $3,001,000.; and
b. Authorize utilizing Job Order Contracting to execute a Notice to Proceed for Nurse Call project.
c. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2017-18 NMC adopted budget, by transferring $1,651,000 from Fund 451, Appropriation Unit NMC001, to NMC's Capital Strategic Reserve, Fund 404, Appropriation Unit NMC002.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors
a. Authorize Natividad Medical Center to increase the total project cost approved by the Board of Supervisors for $1,350,000 for the Nurse Call project by $1,651,000, to a revised total project cost of $3,001,000.; and
b. Authorize utilizing Job Order Contracting to execute a Notice to Proceed for Nurse Call project.
c. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2017-18 NMC adopted budget, by transferring $1,651,000 from Fund 451, Appropriation Unit NMC001, to NMC's Capital Strategic Reserve, Fund 404, Appropriation Unit NMC002.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The original Fisher Berkley Nurse Call system was put into service in 1998 at NMC and it is still in use at NMC today. This 20-year-old system is at its end of life. Although all departments within the hospital have the same system, they are unable to interface with one another and do not have the technology to communicate with pagers or phones, the way a new system would. Further, the old system did not allow a patient to communicate directly with the nurse, rather it would call the unit clerk and they would find a nurse to communicate with the patient. Additionally, the hardware is falling apart and parts have been discontinued. This puts patients at risk, for example if a call-button fails to function and staff cannot respond. A new Nurse Call system is needed, one which is fully integrated with the...
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