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Health Services Department recommending Chairman be authorized to sign Amendment I to Agreement 566-S0910 (811-PHD1208) with Sandra Dunn, d.b.a. Sandra Dunn and Associates, increasing the compensation amount by $112,863, extending the term through January 31, 2010, and amending the scope of services to continue to provide project management services in the ACCEL Initiative and the Children's Health Initiative for said Department.
FUNDING: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grant; Blue Shield of California Foundation grant, and California HealthCare Foundation grant.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $112,863
Funding
Budgeted $112,863
New Funding $
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $112,863
Change To Net County Cost $0
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: None.
Background: Sandra Dunn & Associates has been supporting the goals of the ACCEL Initiative by providing project management services for several years. During that time, significant progress has been made in the effort to establish an electronic health record and patient identifier system in El Dorado County. Sandra Dunn is working closely with Health Services Department staff in both the Public Health and Mental Health Divisions, Barton Memorial Hospital, Marshall Medical Center, and the El Dorado County Community Health Center to complete this project, while managing the various grants and funding sources to ensure continuation of this work.
In addition to the original grant funding for ACCEL projects, Ms. Dunn has secured funding from Blue Shield of California Foundation to augment costs of establishing a Health Information Exchange (HIE) and has also secured funding from California HealthCare Foundation for the ACCEL Specialty Care Initiative Implementation. Both of these projects are included in this Amendment I, which extends the contract term through January 31, 2010 and increas...
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