Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Carlos Morales, Director, Correctional Health Services
Eric Raffin, Chief Information Officer, Health Information Technology
Subject: Agreement with Translogic Corporation dba Swisslog Healthcare to Provide Maintenance and Support of InSite Remote Medication Dispensing Systems
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing a waiver to the Request for Proposals competitive bidding process and an agreement with Translogic Corporation dba Swisslog Healthcare, formerly known as Talyst Systems, LLC, to provide maintenance and support for two InSite Remote Medication Dispensing Systems for the term October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $375,000.
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BACKGROUND:
Correctional Health Services (CHS) provides integrated medical, dental, mental health, and chemical dependency treatment to adults who stay at the County's correctional facilities. Medication management is a significant component of CHS' clinical operations and the prevention of medication errors is highly prioritized in order to maintain patient safety and control medication costs.
Currently, the CHS nursing staff manually administers more than 400 prescriptions at the Maguire Correctional Facility (MCF) and more than 430 at the Maple Street Correctional Center (MSCC) daily. This approach to medication distribution is time-consuming and prone to errors. In contrast, electronically dispensing medications would reduce medication errors. Furthermore, because a CHS patient's length of stay varies greatly (i.e. from one day up to seven years), 10 to 20 percent of the medications ordered are generally discarded, which results in an annual fiscal loss ranging from $120,000 to $240,000.
In April 2017, your Board authorized the sole source purchase of two InSite Remote Medication Dispensing Systems (Sy...
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