Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Colleen Chawla, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Chester J. Kunnappilly, MD, Chief Executive Officer, San Mateo Medical Center
Subject: Agreement with Cardinal Health Pharmacy Services, LLC to Provide Remote Order Entry Pharmacy Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Cardinal Health Pharmacy Services, LLC to provide remote order entry pharmacy services for the term of August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028, in an amount not to exceed $468,000.
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BACKGROUND:
San Mateo Medical Center (SMMC) has been utilizing after-hours remote order entry pharmacy services since 2011. Remote entry pharmacy services ensure SMMC's patients will receive timely access to critical medications at all hours. 22 Cal. Code Regs. ? 70263(e) requires general acute care hospitals to implement a system assuring the availability of prescribed medications 24 hours a day as a condition of licensure. The proposed agreement is needed to maintain compliance with this requirement. The incumbent vendor, Cardinal Health Pharmacy Services, LLC, has continued providing services during the development and administration of the request for proposals process (RFP) to ensure uninterrupted operations. In June 2025, SMMC completed a RFP for after-hours pharmacy remote order entry services. Cardinal was selected as the best vendor to provide remote order entry services to support SMMC and Correctional Health Services (CHS).
DISCUSSION:
This agreement is going to this Board late due to prolonged negotiations with the vendor. This Agreement's start date begins at the expiration of the previous agreement without lapse so SMMC can compensate Cardinal for services provided during the interim period.
The County Attorney has reviewed and approved the resolution and agreement as to form.
The resolution contains the County's standard provisions allowin...
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