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DPH shifts strategy on unified EHR: shared UCSF model deemed infeasible; RFP launched
Summary
After eight months of joint due diligence, DPH concluded a single shared EHR with UCSF is not feasible due to cost and operational constraints; the department will issue a competitive RFP to procure a unified EHR, with a revised timeline that pushes broad implementation into 20182019.
The Department of Public Health reported that after roughly eight months of joint due diligence with UCSF, the previously considered shared, single-system electronic health record model proved infeasible because of projected costs and operational burdens. IT leadership said the 10-year total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) model for the shared approach came back approximately $70 million to $100 million above earlier estimates and that union and civil-service staffing constraints would have produced double-counted costs.
As a result, DPH announced it will pursue a competitive request for proposals (RFP), with final RFP documents submitted to contracting and legal and a public release expected in December 2016.…
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