REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
December 19, 2023
FROM
WILLIAM L. GILBERT, Director, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
SUBJECT
Title
Amendment to Agreement with Thieme Medical Publishers for the Licensing and Subscription of MedOne Neurosurgery
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. 22-256 with Thieme Medical Publishers for the licensing and subscription of MedOne Neurosurgery, increasing the contract amount by $42,250 from $22,426 to $64,676, with no change to the contract term of April 1, 2022 and continuing until terminated by either party at any time after December 31, 2023.
(Presenter: William L. Gilbert, Director, 580-6150)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The term of the agreement is indefinite, the cost of $42,250 is for January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026 and funded by State Medi-Cal, Federal Medicare, private insurances, and other departmental revenue. Funding sources may change in the future pending any legislative activity related to the repeal and/or replacement of the Affordable Care Act. Adequate appropriation and revenue have been included in the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) 2023-24 budget and will be included in future recommended budgets.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Approval of the Amendment to the Agreement with Thieme Medical Publishers (Thieme) will allow the ARMC Medical Library (Library) to continue to access MedOne Neurosurgery. MedOne Neurosurgery is an electronic reference database for use by healthcare professionals (e.g., attending physicians and resident physicians) to stay informed with current practices at the point of care. This essential collection is both a teaching and learning tool which includes over 266 electronic books, five full-text journals, over 400 instructional surgical procedures, 1,500 videos, over 117,000 images, numerous cases and over 1,500 review questions.
This resource is needed in a teaching hospital for resident programs and to meet accreditation standards. MedOne Neurosurgery content is proprietary and has the exclusive legal right to their publications. It will be available 24 hours, seven days each week as it can be accessed online by ARMC attending physicians and resident physicians with a username and password.
On April 12, 2022 (Item No. 8), the Board of Supervisors (Board) approved License Agreement No. 22-256 with Thieme Medical Publishers, including non-standard terms, for the licensing and subscription of MedOne Neurosurgery for a not-to-exceed contract amount of $9,385, effective retroactively for the period of April 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022, and $13,041 annually thereafter continuing until terminated by either party any time after December 31, 2023. In the same item, the Board approved Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No 22-256 amending terms of the License Agreement.
ARMC recommends approval of the amendment to provide for the health and safety of County residents through the provision of resources for medical staff who provide healthcare services at the hospital.
PROCUREMENT
The Purchasing Department continues to support this non-competitive procurement based on specialized credentials as MedOne Neurosurgery’s electronic database provides subscribed content for healthcare professionals to be informed of current neurosurgery practices.
REVIEW BY OTHERS
This item has been reviewed by County Counsel (Bonnie Uphold, Supervising Deputy County Counsel, 387-5455) on November 20, 2023; Purchasing (Ariel Gill, Buyer III, 777-0722) on November 22, 2023; ARMC Finance (Chen Wu, Finance Budget Officer, 580-3165) on November 27, 2023; Finance (Jenny Yang, Administrative Analyst, 387-4884) on December 1, 2023; and County Finance and Administration (Valerie Clay, Deputy Executive Officer 387-5423) on December 4, 2023.