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Consideration to renew contract FY21-081 to Patagonia Health, Cary, NC, for another five (5) year term in an amount not to exceed $467,919.29, for the Electronic Medical Records System (EMR) for the City of Laredo Public Health Department. This is the first five (5) year autorenewal as stated in the contract. Funding is available in the Laredo Public Health Department Fund.
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PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
On October 04, 2021, Council approved contract for five (5) years Motion 2021-47
BACKGROUND
Patagonia Health has a wide degree of experience interfacing with a variety of Public Health registries, diagnostic labs, health information exchanger and other custom interfaces, including state Health Information Exchanger's, State Immunization Registries and medical devices. E-prescription capability is built into Patagonia Health and is connected to the SureScripts network (via New Crop). Over 95 percent of U.S. pharmacies are connected to the Surescripts network including local independent pharmacies, nationwide pharmacies, and mail order pharmacies which follow nationwide standard protocols. Information contained in the e-prescription system is automatically updated and maintained by Patagonia Health and requires no maintenance. Their system offers an integrated patient portal and is included at no additional cost as is required to become an ONC Certified system. Patients can access the following: allergies, labs, meds, immunization, diagnosis, clinical visit summaries, Health Summary in on a file to download, and secure messages with the provider.
The term of this contract shall be for a period of five (5) years beginning as of the date of its execution. The contract is on auto-renewal terms every five years.
The costs are as follows:
Year 1: $86,390.59
Year 2: $89,846.21
Year 3: $93,440.06
Year 4: $97,177.66
Year 5: $101,064.77
Total: $467,919.29
VIVA LAREDO PLAN ALIGNMENT
Alignment Rating: Strong
Supporting goal(s)/policy(ies):
* Goal 7.1: Im...
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