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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 22, 2003 FBO #0570
SOLICITATION NOTICE

R -- EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF A COMPUTERIZED SCREENING TOOL ON PREVENTIVE CARE AND RESEARCH RECRUITMENT

Notice Date

6/20/2003
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center, Division of Acquisition Management, Parklawn Building Room 5-101 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857
 

ZIP Code

20857
 

Solicitation Number

03T030040
 

Response Due

7/7/2003
 

Archive Date

7/22/2003
 

Point of Contact

Raleigh Tanner, Contract Specialist, Phone 202-260-8856, Fax 202-690-6630, - Joe Pirrone, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-443-4852, Fax 301-443-3238,
 

E-Mail Address

rtanner@psc.gov, jpirrone@psc.gov
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

The Office on Women?s Health (OWH) through the Program Support Center, Division Acquisition Management, AOS, intends to award a fifteen (15) month sole source Simplified Acquisition to Magee Women?s Hospital, at Pittsburgh, PA, the only known source. The Contractor shall be responsible to provide an evaluation of the Impact of a Computerized Screen Tool on Preventive Care and Research Recruitment information data base implemented by Magee Women?s Hospital. The purpose of the evaluation is to provide indicators to improve quality of preventive health care and to increase recruitment of African American women into research studies and trials through the use of a computerized screening tool. This evaluation study shall focus on several questions: 1) Does acceptability of the screening tool differ between African Americans and Caucasians? 2) Does the use of the computerized tool increase enrollment in trials/research studies over prior experience? 3) Does use of the computerized screen tool increase the proportion of African American women who receive referrals/treatment for behavioral health needs (including depression, domestic violence and substance abuse)? and 4) What is the impact of the computerized screening tool on clinic procedures and patient flow? Magee Women?s Hospital is uniquely qualified to evaluate their already developed and implemented computerized tools for patient entry of information data warehouse for clinical records including radiology, laboratory, visit records, breast cancer program, and other health issues pertaining to minority women?s health. Magee-Women?s Hospital partnering with Magee-Women?s Research Institute and the Center for Minority Health at the University of Pittsburg provides a unique capability to deliver on a commitment to improving approaches for including minority populations in medical research. The results from this study will be useful for distribution to a abroad audience to both academic Centers of Excellence(COEs) and the community (CCOEs) for use in designing approaches for preventive health screening and research recruitment strategies. Anticipated award date is July 8, 2003. No solicitation will be issued.
 

Place of Performance

Address: HUBERT H. HUMPHREY BUILDING, ROOM 730-B, 200 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, S.W., WASHINGTON, D.C.

Zip Code: 20201-0004

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00353081-W 20030622/030620213601 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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