Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking to upgrade radio cards for Welch Allyn Vital Signs Monitors at the VA Central Iowa Health Care System. The contractor will purchase, install, and test wireless radio cards for 83 monitors, providing connectivity to the wireless network. The monitors must have the ability to interface with the electronic health record (EHR) and transfer data to CPRS. The contract requires the contractor to be manufacturer certified to perform work on the Welch Allyn Connex Wall System Vital Signs Monitors.
Some key requirements of the job include:
• Monitors shall have the ability to interface with the electronic health record (EHR), specifically CPRS/VISTA and transfer data to CPRS.
• Monitor shall be Wi-Fi enabled.
• Wireless shall be at least 802.11g/N.
• NIC chipset shall support 3eTI FIPS.
• Wireless cards shall be compliant with FIPS 140-2.
• Monitor shall have the capability of manually capturing nurse assessments (pain, respiration, height/weight, O2 percentages, etc.) in addition to vital signs and send to CPRS.
• Data integration to CPRS shall be via a software application providing vitals data to CPRS in HL7 format, utilizing HL7 interfaces to the ADT system and using a VA approved interface to CPRS.