Request for Proposals
Solicitation No. AHRQ-02-0015; (Total Small Business Set-Aside)
Proposals Due: August 9, 2002
Contracting Office: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Division of
Contracts Management, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Suite 502, Rockville, MD
20852.
The synopsis for this requirement was published in the Fedbizopps (http://www.fedbizopps.gov/) on May 16,
2002. The solicitation was issued on July 5, 2002. Select for Downloading
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS), is soliciting proposals on a Total Small
Business Set-Aside basis under North American Industry Classification System
(NAICS) Code 541512: $18 million (formerly used Code 541611, $5 million for
Source Synopsis posted on May 16, 2002).
This will be for a 2-year contract for Phase I of the overall integration of
DHHS event reporting and patient safety data systems. It is anticipated that
Phases II and III shall be awarded on expiration of this contract.
Background
The Secretary of HHS established a Patient Safety Task Force (PSTF) with the
mission to integrate existing data collection on medical errors and adverse
events, to coordinate research and analysis efforts, and to collaborate on
reducing the occurrence of injuries that result from medical errors. PSTF brings
together AHRQ, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) to integrate and coordinate their activities related to patient safety and
the reduction of medical errors.
The PSTF contracted with the MEDSTAT Group, Inc. for an implementation
planning study which recommended a phased integration process with three
distinct phases. This contract shall be for Phase I and entail:
- Development of a Web-based reporting interface for hospital and
institutional-based reporting of events to the CDC and FDA which includes the
FDA's Adverse Events Reporting System (AERS), Biological Product Deviation
(BPD), the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), and Manufacturer
User Device Experience (MAUDE/MedSun) and the CDC's National Healthcare Safety
Network.
- Development of a coding structure for reporting.
- Development of a prototype data warehouse and query system of event
reports.
- Development of training materials and user-based software for local
institutional use.
- Prototype testing of the reporting system.
- Development of an integration plan for Phases II and III.
Phase II shall be for the development of an integrated data storage (data
warehouse) and analysis system for the four reporting components that will allow
agency analysis and feedback to individual hospital or institutionally-based
users on demand and the integration of other reporting data systems related to
patient safety of the HHS partners including AHRQ and CMS. Phase III shall be
for the continued expansion of the system adding additional non-HHS systems such
as state departments of health, accrediting entities such as the Joint
Commission for the Accreditation of Health Care Organization (JCAHO), the
Department of Defense (DoD), Veteran's Administration (VA) and other national
systems including the United Kingdom. The MEDSTAT report shall be provided as an
attachment to the solicitation to serve as a guide for the preparation of
proposals in response to the solicitation.
Sources must have an understanding of and experience in integrating large
health care data bases, developing Web-based user input formats and managing
large data warehouses. Knowledge of the issues and problems associated with the
area of patient safety and medical error in health care is also essential.
Sources must also possess, or be able to obtain (in-house or through
subcontracting arrangements), the staff and other resources needed to
expeditiously carry out the different types of activities listed above.
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- Patient Safety Program Evaluation Center: Request for Proposals (WordPerfect®
file, 348 KB; PDF File,
200 KB).
- Amendment 1 (PDF File,
24 KB; Word®
file, 107 KB).
- Implementation Planning Study for the Integration of Medical Event
Reporting Input and Data Structure for Reporting to AHRQ, CDC, CMS, and
FDA. Volume I: Technical Report (PDF File, 946
KB; PDF Help).
- Implementation Planning Study for the Integration of Medical Event
Reporting Input and Data Structure for Reporting to AHRQ, CDC, CMS, and
FDA. Volume II: Appendixes (PDF File,
1.6 MB; PDF Help).
- Barach P, Small SD. Reporting and Preventing Medical Mishaps: Lessons from
Non-medical Near Miss Reporting Systems. BMJ 2000;320:759-63 (PDF File,
211 KB; PDF Help; Abstract).
- Battles JB, et al. The attributes of medical event reporting systems.
Arch Pathol Lab Med 1998;122:3:132-38 (PDF File,
1.2 MB; PDF Help; Abstract).
- Battles JB, Shea CE. A system of analyzing medical errors to improve GME
curricula and programs. Acad Med 2001;76:2:125-33 (PDF File,
1.2 MB; PDF Help; Abstract).
- Kaplan HS, et al. Identification and classification of the causes of
events in transfusion medicine. Transfusion 1998;38:1071-81 (PDF File,
1.4 MB; PDF Help; Abstract).
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Current as of July 2002
Internet Citation:
Patient Safety Database. Request for Proposals. July 2002.
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