Department of Veterans Affairs, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, AMMS (90C), 13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612

65 -- TELEMEDICINE SOL RFQ 673-76-98 DUE 033097 POC Debbie Dodson 813-972-7588 or Mick Dubuis 813-972-7593 This is a pre-solicitation notice for commercial items prepared in accordance with the subparts in Federal Acquisition Regulation 12.6. Solicitation number Request for Quotation 673-76-98 is assigned and shall be referenced on any request for solicitation. Solicitation shall be issued on March 23, 1998. Award of a contract shall be as soon as practicable after that date. The James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, 13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612 intends to negotiate a Sole Source contract with American Telecare, Inc. for Telemedicine. The contractor shall provide the following capabilities integrated through standard telephone lines: interactive video communication between nurses, clinical patients, and their family and/or other health care givers: Assessment of speech, mood, alertness, certain neurological tests, gross examination of wounds, examination of insulin syringes, intravenous therapy pumps, thermometers, et., blood pressure and pulse, Auscultation of heart and lung through ATI's proprietary Caretone telephonic stethoscopes, telechart- windows based electronic patient record system, cellular connection to the system as may be required. The system shall have integrated video telephone capabilities with personal computer based automation, monitoring, and trending capabilities-and the listening end of the telephonic stethoscope. Core requirements for this systems are: must be of reasonable size, lightweight, and portable, so that a nurse can transport the Telehomecare Patient Station System. (TPSS) To the patient's home and easily install the TPSS in the patient's home. The TPSS must be easy for the patients to operate ad require minimal in-service training time by the nurse. The TPSS and the Telehomcare Central Station System (TCSS) must work over ordinary telephone lines. The TPSS must provide an FDA cleared telemedicane module containing at least the following: a) Live (real-time) FDA cleared telephonic stethoscope that functions over ordinary telephone lines with minimum/maximum frequency range of 20-500 Hz. b) Simple color-coded patient controls to facilitate compliance with caregiver directives. C) An FDA cleared blood pressure and pulse meter, + 3mmHg or 2% accuracy whichever is greater, + 5% pulse. The TPSS and TCSS must include an interactive (2-way) H.324 standard based video conferencing system with snap shot capability that functions over ordinary telephone lines. The TCSS must include a clinical information system with charting, scheduling, and reporting capabilities. The clinical information system must include. a) Admissions information, b) Diagnosis, c) Medication schedules d) Physician orders e) Recording of vital signs, f) Trending of vital signs. This contract is indefinate quantity. Requests for solicitations shall be in writing to the address listed herein or faxed to 813-903-4838 and directed to the attention of either Mick Dubuis or Debbie Dodson. The government shall not be held responsible for the quality of faxes. (0070)

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