OPERATIONAL CONTRACTING MEDICAL SUPPORT SERVICES, HSC/PKOV, 8005 9Th Street, BROOKS AFB TEXAS 78235-5353

Q -- QUALITY INDICATOR PROGRAM SOL F41622-95-R0039 DUE 090195 POC Mr Leo Gomez, Contract Specialist, (210) 536-6801. The United States Air Force is acquiring a software program to track and report various medical statistics at worldwide Air Force hospitals and clinics. This Quality Indicator Program (QIP) shall provide each participating Air Force Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) with valid standardized clinical quality outcome measures that allow them to analyze their performance on an ongoing basis against a comparative norm. These measures shall be both inpatient and outpatient. Examples of performance measures would be a basic set of indicators; mortality rates, cesarean section rates, surgical-wound infection rates, unscheduled readmission rates, unscheduled admissions following ambulatory surgery rates, unscheduled returns to the operating room rates, unscheduled returns to the special care unit, and a set of ambulatory indicators; unscheduled returns to the emergency department, patients in emergency department more than six hours, X-ray report discrepancies, patients who leave the emergency department prior to completion of treatment, and cancellation of ambulatory procedures, endoscopies and cardiac catheterizations. The contractor shall provide and maintain computer software for the HQ AFMOA/SGPC, major command and each participating AF hospital to manage the outcome measures. A basic contract with four one year options exercised at the sole discretion of the Air Force is contemplated. The contract will be a firm fixed price type contract. The solicitation will be issued on or about 01 Jul 95. (0135)

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