County of Monterey - File #: A 22-457

• File #: A 22-457
• Name: Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Informatics, Inc. Renewal and Amendment No. 3
• Type: BoS Agreement
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/15/2022
• In control: Board of Supervisors
• On agenda: 8/30/2022
• Final action: 8/30/2022
• Title: Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute renewal and amendment No. 3 to the agreement (A-14289) with Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Informatics, Inc. for software modules related to laboratory testing, extending the agreement term through April 24, 2024 (May 14, 2022 through April 24, 2024) for a revised full agreement term of May 15, 2016 through April 24, 2024, and adding $35,514 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $300,216.

Date	Action By	Action	Result
8/30/2022	Board of Supervisors	approved	Pass

Title
Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute renewal and amendment No. 3 to the agreement (A-14289) with Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Informatics, Inc. for software modules related to laboratory testing, extending the agreement term through April 24, 2024 (May 14, 2022 through April 24, 2024) for a revised full agreement term of May 15, 2016 through April 24, 2024, and adding $35,514 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $300,216.

Report
RECOMMENDATION:

It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:

Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute renewal and amendment No. 3 to the agreement (A-14289) with Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Informatics, Inc. for software modules related to point-of-care/bedside lab testing, extending the agreement term through April 24, 2024 (May 14, 2022 through April 24, 2024) for a revised full agreement term of May 15, 2016 through April 24, 2024, and adding $35,514 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $300,216.

SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:

RALS (Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Informatics Division) is data management software for point-of-care testing. RALS software (formerly Alere) is used by >50% of acute care hospitals in the U.S. as a data repository for nurse operator identification, quality control results and patient testing results. The RALS system acts as an interface so that all point-of-care results are immediately and electronically transmitted from the testing devices to electronic health record (EMR).

Natividad currently uses the RALS software system for four types of point-of-care analyzers and hundreds of bedside tests monthly: HemoCue (hemoglobin), Abbott i-STAT (blood gases), Siemens Clinitek (urinalysis and pregnancy tests), and Nova StatSensor (creatinine and glucose testing). Previously, data from the testing analyzers was entered manually into EMR by the nursing staff, resulting in data en...