REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
AND RECORD OF ACTION
June 02, 2020
FROM
WILLIAM L. GILBERT, Director, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
SUBJECT
Title v
Non-Disclosure Agreement with Surescripts, LLC
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve the non-financial Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement with Surescripts, LLC, for a five-year period, from June 02, 2020, through June 1, 2025.
(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 the Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement with Surescripts, LLC (Surescripts) will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost), as the recommended agreement is non-financial in nature.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) has been attempting to negotiate a service and license contract with Surescripts for the Surescripts e-prescription systems. The Surescripts e-perscription will allow physicians to electronically prescribe medications to patients for controlled and non-controlled substances. Surescripts is the sole e-prescription vendor that works with the Epic electronic health record system that ARMC is implementing. ARMC requested a price quote from Surescripts on February 21, 20201 in an effort to further their negotiations, however Surescripts requires ARMC to maintain the confidentiality of any materials that they deem confidential, including the quote. This necessitated the creation of a Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement between ARMC and Surescripts in order for negotiations to continue.
PROCUREMENT
Not applicable.
REVIEW BY OTHERS
This item has been reviewed by County Counsel (Bonnie Uphold, County Counsel, 387-5487) on May 18, 2020; Finance Budget Officer (Chen Wu, Finance Budget Officer, 580-3165) on May 4, 2020; Finance (Yael Verduzco, Administrative Analyst, 387-5285) on May 15, 2020; and County Finance (Matthew Erickson, Co. Chief Finance Officer, 387-5423) on May 15, 2020.