RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent on behalf of the Health Services Department, to execute a Purchase Order with Epic Systems Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $7,000,000, for maintenance on Epic Electronic Health Records System, for Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, for the period from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% Funding is included in the Hospital Enterprise Fund I Budget.

BACKGROUND:

Epic provides software for inpatient and ambulatory patient care, laboratory, pharmacy, order management, billing, advice nurse, managed care, as well as others in one integrated system. With this single integrated Epic solution, managing the patient’s care, whether at the hospital, the doctor’s office, or through the Health Plan, will allow all physicians, nurses, clinicians, and patient care mangers to have the same longitudinal view of the patient. Using Epic will allow the easy sharing of clinical information with our major patient referral facilities (Kaiser, Sutter, UCSF, UCD, and Stanford).