Agenda

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C. 56

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	December 19, 2017

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #23-441-5 with DJR Healthcare Consulting, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/19/2017

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Patrick Godley, 925-957-5405
cc:	Tasha Scott Marcy Wilhelm

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 19, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute on behalf of the County, Contract #23-441-5 with DJR Healthcare Consulting, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $597,000, to provide consultation and technical assistance to the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC) and Health Centers, for the period from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract is funded 100% by Hospital Enterprise Fund I. (Rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

On November 17, 2015, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #23-441-4 with the DJR Healthcare Consulting, Inc. to provide professional management and oversight of the Department’s IT Unit including, but not limited to, providing a qualified Chief Information Officer who will provide day to day on-site management, act as the technical expert with regard to all Health Services Department IT Systems, lead the IT Steering Committee, develop formal written strategic plans, policies and procedures, create processes for identifying system user needs and translate them into system enhancements, work in collaboration with Department staff, physicians, providers and clients of IT systems, for the period from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2017.

Approval of Contract #23-441-5 will allow the Contractor to provide consultation and technical assistance to the CCRMC and Health Centers as requested by the CCRMC Chief Executive Officer or the Health Services Chief Executive Officer, through December 31, 2019.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, the Department would not have appropriate consultation and technical assistance to plan, organize direct and evaluate operations at CCRMC and Health Centers.