R605--Telephone Triage E-book (VA-26-00059489) | OVID | Hoffman/Flagg

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is conducting market research to find potential sources for providing enterprise-wide access to the Ovid Technologies Briggs's Telephone Triage Protocols for Nurses, 7th Edition eBook. The goal is to ensure uniform nationwide access to authoritative clinical decision-support resources and improve quality of care and patient safety. The desired outcomes include initiating a nationwide purchase to capitalize on economies of scale, establishing a single enterprise-level contract, and providing uniform point-of-care access to critical nursing triage protocols. • The resource must be accessible through VA Gateway IP addresses and via Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Citrix Access Gateway (CAG). • The vendor will provide all VHA facilities with enterprise-wide access to the eBook via a web-based platform. • An unlimited number of simultaneous users must be able to access the product. • The product must be 508 compliant, and the vendor must provide technical assistance for VHA users nationwide. • The vendor will supply URL access to the eBook title and provide enterprise-level usage statistics to the VA LNO.