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Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment No. 2 to the agreement (A-13194) with SPOK, Inc. for paging services, extending the agreement an additional three (3) year period (July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2022) for a revised full agreement term of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2022, and adding $198,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $363,000.
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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. 2 to the agreement (A-13194) with SPOK, Inc. for paging services, extending the agreement an additional three (3) year period (July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2022) for a revised full agreement term of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2022, and adding $198,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $363,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
SPOK, Inc. has provided NMC hospital employees (including physicians and other patient care providers) internet capable pager services since July 2010. These services provide for constant twenty-four hours per day seven days a week (24/7) critical communication between the hospital and providers for patient care. Paging is considered the most reliable, survivable, and affordable way to communicate wirelessly. The paging service provides notification to physicians regarding patient's critical care needs, such as medication adjustment, condition change, discharge and transfers. The physicians' "on call" duties require them to be readily available within twenty minutes in order to meet patient care needs. The paging service also includes contacting patient care providers, such as laboratory, cardiopulmonary, and diagnostic imaging staff to immediately respond to patient care needs. Additionally the paging service notifies hospital maintenance personnel who are "on call" after normal business hours in the event of an urgen...
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