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Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment No. 4 to the agreement (A-14289) with Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Informatics, Inc. for RALS software system license and support, extending the agreement an additional five (5) year period (April 25, 2024 through April 24, 2029) for a revised full agreement term of May 15, 2016 through April 24, 2029, and adding $300,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $600,216.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize the Chief Executive Officer for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute amendment No. 4 to the agreement (A-14289) with Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Informatics, Inc. for RALS software system license and support, extending the agreement an additional five (5) year period (April 25, 2024 through April 24, 2029) for a revised full agreement term of May 15, 2016 through April 24, 2029, and adding $300,000 for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $600,216.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad Medical Center laboratory department needs the RALS software for point of care testing. The RALS is needed to transmit all point of care results immediately thru interface and electronically transmit results from the testing devices to electronic health records (EMR). The RALS software is needed for these following instruments: HemoCue (hemoglobin), Abbott ISAT (for blood gases), Siemens Clinitek (Urinalysis and Pregnancy tests), and Nova StatSensor (creatinine and glucose testing). The RALS software allows for the electronic transfer of orders, results, operator tracing, quality control tracking and automatic billing. It also eliminates manual entry errors, clerical errors, and loss of revenue.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The Office of County Counsel has reviewed and approved this amendment No. 4 as to form, and the Auditor-Controller has reviewed and approved as to payment provisions. The am...
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