To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #23-847 with Dicom Systems, Inc.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County a Master Purchase and License Agreement with Dicom Systems, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $30,000, for diagnostic imaging system software, maintenance, and support for Contra Costa Health's Information Technology Systems Unit (CCH IT) for the period from August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $30,000 over a 3-year period and will be funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I revenues.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the needs of the County by providing diagnostic imaging system software, maintenance, and support. In 2018, CCH IT procured Dicom's Rapid Router hardware and software to enhance support for Contra Costa Health's (CCH) Diagnostic Imaging Department's Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) file management. The Dicom software establishes an imaging sharing hub, facilitating the integration of various medical sites and creating a unified platform with a single work list for all. Under this action, the parties will execute a Master Purchase and License Agreement (MPLA) for continued software and support for CCH's Dicom system(s). Dicom's HL7 Router Unifier platform provides a rapid and secure solution for health data, allowing disparate systems to be integrated into a single framework centralized messaging hub for sharing health-related data, allowing for a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1196 (HIPAA) compliant secure platform to manage and backup all imaging files. This system can operate with different end devices as an image-sharing hub and facilitate the integration of various medical imaging devices ...
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