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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP Tl 17-028 and award a contract to Digital EMS Solutions, Inc., of Long Beach, CA, for a new Electronic Patient Care Report System for the Long Beach Fire Department, in an annual amount of $171,000, and authorize a contingency in the amount of $30,000, for a total annual amount not to exceed $201,000, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments thereto; and
Increase appropriations in the Fire Department (FD) and in the Capital Projects Fund (CP 201) by $402,000. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Digital EMS Solutions, Inc., to provide a new Electronic Patient Care Report System (ePCRS). This system will replace the current manual paper process with a wireless/cellular
solution, enabling LBFD to document patient care without interruption regardless of where the incident is located. It will also facilitate continuity of patient care, integrate with the City’s existing dispatch, emergency medical services (EMS)diagnostic and billing processes, and include robust reporting tools enabling efficient process improvement and participation in the White House Data Driven Justice (DDJ) Initiative.
In 2013, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) revised Reference No. 607: “Electronic Submission of Prehospital Data” to require EMS provider agency submittal of electronic patient care records (ePCRs). In 2015, Assembly Bill 1129, defined the format in which that data must be submitted and required integration with the local EMS agency’s data system. With this contract, the Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD), as an EMS provider agency, will be moving forward to conform to State and County regulations, replacing its existing m...
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