Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, is seeking information from potential vendors to provide teleradiology staffing services. The services required include professional teleradiology services for radiology examinations performed at the Pittsburgh VAMC, with interpretation services conducted by board-certified radiologists. The contractor will be responsible for providing all necessary equipment, supplies, and personnel to perform the required services, including managing all aspects of the contract, electronically distributing studies to radiologists, providing professional radiology services, and maintaining patient confidentiality and security. The contractor must be a U.S.-based corporation with at least three years of experience providing off-routine teleradiology interpretations for VA Medical Centers, and must demonstrate consistent coverage with a minimum of 99% uptime performance rate.
Some key points to consider:
* The contractor will provide teleradiology services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
* The contractor must maintain patient confidentiality and security, and comply with all relevant laws and regulations, including HIPAA.
* The contractor will be required to provide peer review data and quality assurance cross reads on a quarterly basis.
* The contractor must have a quality monitoring program in place and agree to comply with the requirements for meeting the JCAHO program as outlined by the VA radiology programs.