SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Network of Patient Safety Databases
- Notice Date
- 5/4/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Contracts Management, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD, 20850, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AHRQ-07-10033
- Archive Date
- 6/30/2007
- Description
- Network of Patient Safety Databases In response to the 2005 Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is requesting proposals on a full and open competitive basis to establish a Network of Patient Safety Databases (NPSD). The Network of Patient Safety Databases (NPSD) will receive, analyze and report on de-identified and aggregated patient safety event information. We anticipate one award for a period of 3 years, with two 1-year options. Options will be evaluated with the base period. Options may or may not be exercised based on performance of the contractor and the needs of the Government. To facilitate a deeper level of analysis of patient safety events and to allow PSOs and providers access to an effective and robust resource for patient safety improvement, AHRQ proposes to create and support a Network of Patient Safety Databases. The NPSD will also support regional and national analysis of patient safety information. As currently envisioned, this Center will receive and maintain a database of non identifiable patient safety event information primarily from the Patient Safety Organization Privacy Protection Center (PSOPPC). It will have the capacity to secondarily receive non-identified, standardized patient safety information from PSOs not utilizing the PSOPPC and potentially from other entities. The NPSD will be charged with analyzing the non-identified information received and creating statistical reports useful to the patient safety community and to meet the reporting requirements of AHRQ. The database should also be maintained to allow a point of access for researchers. The NPSD will work in close coordination with the PSOPPC in the distribution of this analysis to the PSO and patient safety community. The center should be capable of offering technical assistance to PSOs if specifically requested by AHRQ. Specific work in this project will include establishing the NPSD, receiving non identified, standardized information on patient safety events from the PSO PPC (and other entities as practical and relevant), creation of statistical reports and tools for patient safety quality improvement, distribution of these reports and tools, and development of an interactive evidence-based patient safety resource providing a mechanisms to allow for external research. Providing Technical Assistance to PSO will represent an optional key activity area for the NPSD. This Technical Assistance will include establishing systems to respond to Technical Assistance Inquiries, conducting needs assessments for Technical Assistance services, delivering a wide spectrum on Technical Assistance services including workgroups, discussion forums, individual consults, development of tools and educational briefings for PSO activities, and maintaining an inventory of resources for the PSOs to utilize when conducting their charter. Other optional activities for the NPSD include planning, coordinating, and conducting a large annual meeting of the PSOs and the potential formation of ad hoc expert panels for guidance on PSO PPC and NPSD activities. The NPSD will collaborate with partners (both private and public), including other federal and state patient safety programs and AHRQ programs, to promote activities that support the goals and charter of PSOs. The core team involved with operationalizing the NPSD will need several different skills sets and expertise representing the key activity areas. The team must have experience using de-identified health care data for trend and pattern analysis, the secure handling of data files containing confidential and privileged personnel health information and the use of uniform data elements and standard configuration protocols for data analysis and reporting. Additionally, the team must have demonstrated experience and knowledge related to patient safety improvement programs, patient safety work product, and reporting systems, innovating in health services delivery and implementing quality improvement, and other patient safety related activities that support the goals and charter of Patient Safety Organizations Due to the nature of the activities of the NPSD, the receipt of confidential and privileged patient safety work product and event information, and the use of this data for analysis and reporting, the offeror will need to have a significant level of knowledge and experience with the relevant legal regulations, policies and protocols. Potential offerors to the solicitation should note that the separation of the functions of the Network of Patient Safety Databases and the Privacy Protection Center is intentional; the Privacy Protection Center will work with many different types of information supplied by PSOs while the Network will only handle standardized information that has been rendered non-identifiable. Hence, an organization can receive the contract for only one entity, the Privacy Protection Center or the Network, but not both. Offerors may submit proposals for both projects, but would only be awarded one. The solicitation and any documents relating to this requirement will be only available by downloading from the Internet through www.fedbizopps.gov or through the AHRQ website at www.ahrq.gov. Potential offerors are responsible to monitor these sites for the release of the solicitation and any subsequent amendments. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be available for downloading on or about May 21, 2007.
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