SOW_StatDX.docx

STATEMENT OF WORK

POINT OF CARE RADIOLOGY DIAGNOSTIC SUBSCRIPTION (StatDX)

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requires an existing commercial off the shelf web based, Point of Care Radiology Diagnostic Clinical Decision Support Product that will be made available throughout the VHA healthcare system.

Products may also be referred to as bedside information tools. They tend to provide information that will directly affect patient care. What distinguishes these products from sources such as electronic textbooks or bibliographic citations databases is that it includes a mechanism to support and provide clinical Radiology decision support knowledge at the point-of-care.

Performance Period: 9/22/2022 to 9/21/2023 One year award with four (4) options to exercise additional 1-year options

1.1 Objectives

The desired goals of the nationwide provision of a commercial Point of Care Radiology Diagnostic Decision Support Products are as follows:

1.1.1 Providing access nationwide to standard knowledge based clinical information resources available at the point of care.

1.1.2 Initiating a nationwide, centralized purchase to capitalize on the economies of scale offered by vendors.

1.1.3 Negotiating one license/contract to decrease the current contracting and reviewing efforts that are required at the facility and/or VISN level and thereby avoid the costs and workload associated with multiple procurements.

1.1.4 Making this Point of Care Radiology Diagnostic Decision Support Product available through CPRS (Computerized Patient Record System), the VA’s Electronic Health Record, nationwide to insure consistent access at the bedside for all VHA health professionals and staff.

2.0 Scope of Work:

2.0.1 The vendor will provide all sites on the VHA network with access to a single online, web-based product. Authentication will be through individual user accounts.

2.0.2 This license must cover all Department of Veterans Affairs employees as authorized users no matter their physical work location or point of access to this product.

2.0.3 This license will also allow for authorized user access at all Department of Veterans Affairs current and future physical facilities included but not limited to current and future medical centers, community-based outpatient clinics, DOMs, vet centers and all other locations where Department of Veterans Affairs employee’s work.

2.0.4 For diagnosis - Concise, bulleted information presented in a speed optimized format makes finding the information you need fast and easy.

2.0.5 Imaging Anatomy - Includes: Terminology, Imaging, Anatomy Overview, Anatomy Imaging Issues, and clinical implications.

2.0.6 Differential diagnosis - Evidence and experiential based differential diagnoses presented with diagnostic clues help guide the diagnostic process making complex cases easier.

2.0.7 Tables include TNM and Staging Tables, work-up protocols, alignment angle references and classifications

2.0.8 Calculators to help calculate everything from a bone age to radiation dosages.

2.1 Information Scope

The product should include:

2.2 Information Quality

2.5 Access, content, support

2.5.1.2. If product is not 508 compliant and vendor must describe why no work is being done to make it 508 compliant.

2.6. INTRODUCTION TO DATA

VHA’s goal is to ensure uniform availability of high quality, clinical healthcare knowledge-based resources across the VHA system to improve clinical decision making, education, and research.

· Use expert differential lists to determine what other diseases you should consider

· Compare multiple diagnoses side by side

· Investigate patient case examples for even the most uncommon diseases

· Follow up on the latest journal articles with RADSearch

Also, the product should use RADsearch to search alternate information online, including Key Radiology Journals, Google, Google Scholar, Google Images, PDF Search and PubMed. The full text is available in open access journals or through your journal subscription.

RADTools is a compilation of common tools utilized by radiologists, often referred to as “look up” information for reports and patient care. Includes tables such as TNM and Cancer Staging Tables, work-up protocols, alignment angle references and classifications. Also includes many types of calculators, including calculators to determine bone age and radiation dosages.

B.2.2. PERFORMANCE PERIOD

The contractor shall provide The STATdx Premier License Point of Care Radiology Diagnostic Clinical Decision Support Product that includes the following:

• One Hundred and Fifty (150) concurrent STATdx (or equal) user seats.

• A diagnostic decision support system to assist radiology providers in differential radiological diagnosis.

• Vivid displays of radiology images showing the variation of disease and injury presentation.

• Access from any location via internet. LibLynx necessary

• The products shall be 508 Compliant and compatible with the Windows environment and most standard web browsers, which have cookies enabled and are accessible via a variety of PDA platforms, including the Blackberry. To ensure privacy, the products use session cookies rather than persistent cookies.

• Usage statistics shall be available on the individual VA Medical Center level and for the VHA healthcare system. Statistics shall be retrieved by the administrator of each account or requested on a regular or one-off basis.