REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
July 27, 2021
FROM
WILLIAM L. GILBERT, Director, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
SUBJECT
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Purchase of Unbudgeted Fixed Asset for Eye Exam Equipment
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Ratify the purchase of an unbudgeted fixed asset in the amount of $110,000, for an Optomap Ultra-Widefield Imaging Device, to facilitate early protection from vision impairment or blindness and early detection of life-threatening diseases like diabetes, stroke, and cardiovascular disease.
(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.
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). Due to a delay in opening the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) Fontana Clinic, the Selenia 3D 6000 Package Mammography Machine (Selenia Mammography Machine) in the amount of $400,698 that was approved in the 2020-21 Capital Improvement equipment budget was not purchased. The cost of $110,000 for the Optomap Ultra-Widefield Imaging Device was substituted with the Selenia Mammography Machine. Therefore, there is no additional cost associated with this purchase as sufficient appropriation was included in the ARMC 2020-21 budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
In May 2021, emergency Purchase Order No. 4100199085 was issued to replace the Optomap Ultra-Widefield Imaging Device (Optos P200DTx) in ARMC's Ophthalmology Clinic. This equipment is used for management of serious eye disease; detection of life-threatening diseases like diabetes, stroke, and cardiovascular disease; and routine eye exams and evaluation. The equipment that was replaced was unrepairable as it had reached end of life and was no longer suppor...
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