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C. 55

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	February 4, 2014

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #23-491-10 with The CJS Solutions Group, LLC

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 02/04/2014

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	David Runt, 313-6228
cc:	A Down C Rucker

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: February 4, 2014
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #23-491-10 with The CJS Solutions Group, LLC, a limited liability company, in an amount not to exceed $200,000, to provide consultation and technical assistance to the Department with regard to project analysis and implementation of the Epic Electronic Health Record System, for the period from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This Contract is funded 100% Enterprise Fund I. (No rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

On July 26, 2011, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #23-491-6 (as amended by Amendment Agreement #23-491-8) with The CJS Solutions Group, LLC, for the period from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, for the provision of consultation and technical assistance to the Department with regard to project analysis and implementation of the Epic Electronic Health Record System including system optimization, configuration, training, operational improvement and information security.

Approval of Contract #23-491-10 will allow Contractor to continue to provide services through December 31, 2014.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, the Health Services Department would not be able to implement and support the EHR initiative. This is the only Contractor able to provide the necessary expertise.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not Applicable.