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U -- EDUCATION AND TRAING SERVICES SOL RFP 525-14-98 DUE 072498 POC Marianne P. LeBlanc It is the intent of the government to negotiate a sole source contract with The Informatics Institute to provide a 2.5 day Introduction to Applied Medical Informatics symposium, on an annual basis, which covers informatics and its implications for health care services and health care organizations. The course will cover an overview of the trends in personal computers, the clinical work station, issues in data collection and standardization, relational database management systems, risk adjustment and outcomes management, profiling physicians' performance, telecommunication technology, tele-medicine, the internet, information systems for managed care, practice management system and computer-based patient records. Learning objectives for this will include; definitions of the important acronyms and terms in informatics and in the computer telecommunications technology, including developments in both hardware and software, how trends in technology are likely to affect health care, reducing costs and improving care, the benefits and challenge of data standardization, an overview of the concepts and the tools/systems for clinical decision support, outcomes management and profiling physicians' performance, prospects for telemedicine, the importance of the internet, the role of information in helping organizations cope with managed care and issues in establishing computer-based patient records. The class will be for approximately 30 to 40 physicians in the VA New England Network. The format will be lecture and demonstrations with time for questions and answers. The contract will be negotiated for a base year and 3 option year renewals. The solicitation will be issued on or about 6/26/98 with an anticipated award date of 8/1/98. All inquiries regarding the solicitation can be made in writing to the contracting officer at the address listed in this announcement. (0161)

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