A -- EXPANDED DEPLOYMENT, ENHANCEMENT, AND EVALUATION OF IMAGE ENGINE (CHART ENGINE) MULTIMEDIA PATIENT RECORD SYSTEM

Notice Date

June 14, 2001

Contracting Office

National Library of Medicine, Office of Acquisitions Management, Building 38A, Room B1N17, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20894

ZIP Code

20894

Solicitation Number

N/A

Point of Contact

Liem T. Nguyen, Contract Specialist, 301-496-6546

E-Mail Address

click here to contact the contract specialist (liem_nguyen@nlm.nih.gov)

Description

It is the intent of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to negotiate on a sole-source basis pursuant authority of 41 USC 253 (c)(1) as set forth in FAR 6.302-1 (b)(2) with the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA for a one-year extension of contract N01-LM-9-3522 through September 29, 2002. The University of Pittsburgh's Image Engine Multimedia Patient Record System is a unique and technically innovative application that combines clinical images and text-based patient data in an integrated interface that is valuable to clinicians. The system uses a modular agent-based' architecture that retrieves and integrates electronic patient data with images archived within large biomedical image repositories for clinical, research and educational uses. It is therefore potentially usable in a variety of environments that employ different systems for capturing and storing various kinds of electronic patient data. Image Engine makes use of data and programs developed as part of NLM's Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) project. Recently, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) added Internet access to Image Engine Multimedia patient record system. In the new Internet-based multimedia electronic medical record system supported by the current contract, it is now called Chart Engine.' The older Image Engine' name is no longer in use. UPMC has adopted a commercial digital radiology image delivery system (Stentor Inc., San Francisco) as its enterprise-wide standard. UPMC will deploy the Stentor system during Summer 2001 and the Chart Engine multimedia electronic medical record system will no longer be used by the UPMC. Due to this systematic change and personnel change, as the program's Principal Investigator leaves the University of Pittsburgh to take up a new academic position with another university, specific task performance has been delayed and completion of the contract by the expiration date is impossible. A no-cost extension is necessary to permit UPMC to complete the research tasks as defined in the contract. NLM would experience substantial duplication of costs and unacceptable delays should another source be used. This notice of intent is not a Request for competitive Proposals (RFP) nor is a RFP available. See numbered Note 22. ****

Record

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