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Ratification of an Emergency Purchase of a Three-Year Electronic Patient Care Reporting Software Subscription and Tablets to Replace the Current System for the Fire and Medical Department (Citywide)
The Mesa Fire and Medical Department is upgrading the electronic patient care reporting (ePCR) system, which improves the ability to collect patient information and other relevant data needed to support the day-to-day operations of the department and to fulfill the Health and Human Services Medicare Grant's data reporting requirements. Mesa has been experiencing incidents of missing data with its current ePCR system due to a loss during transmission or in the systems hosted databases. This could present a risk to public health and safetym, which resulted in the need to expedite the current system's replacement and to bypass the public procurement and normal Council approval process. The emergency purchase was reviewed and approved by the City Manager's Office.
Fire and Medical Department, Information Technology Department and Purchasing recommend ratification of the purchase with Starwest Tech International at $50,000 for the first year, and $115,000 annually for Years 2 and 3. This purchase is funded by the Fire and Medical Department Operating Budget.