Department Of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4646 John R, Detroit, MI 48201

Q -- MEDICAL SERVICES DUE 071597 POC Barbara Lupo, 313-576-3737 E-MAIL: lupo,b@forum.va.gov., lupo,b@forum.va.gov.. The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan requires the services of a professional Health Service firm to provide a telephone triage service. The assessment process must utilize nurses and physicians to evaluate, by telephone, the need for individual patients to access medical services. Utilizing a computerized database and proprietary sympton-based algorithms, the advisor simultaneously identifies the time urgency of the needed action and makes a recommendation consistent with the practice patterns and capabilities of the local network. All capable parties may send their information to the contracting officer at the above address. (0181)

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