Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health (CPH) uses Itentive Healthcare for provisioning, hosting, and ongoing support of an electronic medical record system (NextGen) at CPH’s 240 Parsons Avenue facility. A mandatory systems update is necessary. This ordinance authorizes the Board of Health to modify an existing contract with Itentive Healthcare, PO220585, by extending the contract period through December 31, 2021.
The hosted NextGen system enables CPH to operate major clinical operations including lab services. This modification will allow for updated lab software and maintenance, training and support of our electronic health record due to a mandatory systems update. The services included in this update include, but are not limited to, upgrade assistance, training, template development, SQL development, SQL performance tuning, interface assistance and performance enhancement.
The Contract Compliance No. for Itentive Healthcare is 200075898 and expires on 11/19/2022. This ordinance is submitted as an emergency in order to ensure the mandatory systems update is implemented in 2021.
FISCAL IMPACT: Additional funds for this contract are not needed at this time.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to modify, by extending, a contract with Itentive Healthcare through December 31, 2021, to allow for a mandatory systems update to enhance lab services, and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, Columbus Public Health (CPH) uses Itentive Healthcare for provisioning, hosting and ongoing support of an electronic medical record system at CPH’s 240 Parsons Avenue facility; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify, by extending, contract PO220585 with Itentive Healthcare through December 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency measure so that timely services can proceed without interruption; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Board of Health to modify, by extending, a contract with Itentive Healthcare, PO220585, for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare, and to avoid any delay in services; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to modify, by extending, contract PO220585 with Itentive Healthcare through December 31, 2021.
SECTION 2. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for any contract or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.