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Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute renewal and amendment No. 7 to the agreement (A-13067) with Medical Information Technology, Inc. (MEDITECH) for the addition of a Pharmacy Automation interface and a Lab Newborn Screening interface, adding $37,285 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $571,837, and with an implementation term retroactive from January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute renewal and amendment No. 7 to the agreement (A-13067) with Medical Information Technology, Inc. (MEDITECH) for the addition of a Pharmacy Automation interface and a Lab Newborn Screening interface, adding $37,285 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $571,837, and with an implementation term retroactive from January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Medical Information Technology, Inc. (MEDITECH) provides NMC with a Health Care Information System (HCIS) for Electronic Medical Records (EMRs). It is NMC's primary source of electronic patient data.
MEDITECH's Pharmacy Automation interface generates orders for medications in the Pyxis Pharmacy medication dispensers scattered throughout the hospital. This improves the process of dispensing medications and helps to reduce the possibility of medication errors.
MEDITECH's Lab Newborn Screening interface automates an existing paper process for a Public Health program that screens all babies for serious but treatable genetic disorders. All babies born in California are now required to get this screening soon after birth.
In addition to the $37,285 cost of the described interfaces and their implementation, there is an ongoing monthly maintenance/service fee. The cost for the ongoing maintenance for these new modules is $200 monthly and was included as part of the annual MEDITECH maintenance costs prese...
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