REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
May 23, 2023
FROM
WILLIAM L. GILBERT, Director, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
SUBJECT
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Partial and Full Termination of Contracts with Medical Information Technology, Inc.
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
1. Authorize the Director of Arrowhead Regional Medical Center to execute Letters of Termination to Medical Information Technology, Inc. to terminate software licenses and services in all Medical Information Technology, Inc. contracts, on an ongoing basis, and to terminate each contract when it is no longer needed, subject to review by County Counsel.
2. Direct the Director of Arrowhead Regional Medical Center to transmit all executed Letters of Termination to Medical Information Technology, Inc. to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors within 30 days of execution.
(Presenter: William L. Gilbert, Director, 580-6150)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost) as the partial and full termination of contracts with Medical Information Technology, Inc. (MEDITECH) will not incur additional costs.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
ARMC has utilized the MEDITECH Electronic Health Record (EHR) for all patient care and billing needs since 2001. MEDITECH provided ARMC a comprehensive and integrated EHR that was designed to help increase patient safety, streamlined processes, and improve communication across departments and care teams. In February 2022, ARMC transitioned to a new Epic EHR system provider and is continually sunsetting the clinical portions of the MEDITECH EHR system, such as software, modules and interfaces used to document patient care and all administrative clinical data relevant to the patient's care when these programs are no longer needed...
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