To: Charles Winfrey, Human Services Committee Chairperson
From: Michelle Estell, RS, MSA, Health Officer
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RE: Go Beyond - Well Family System EMR Professional Services Contract
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Approval to enter into a Professional Services Contract with Go Beyond - Well Family System for a one-year period from August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2025. Data management Services will be paid through funding Account- 2211-607.01-801.000, Funding Source Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
BACKGROUND:
Health Start is an infant mortality reduction program that uses a multidisciplinary approach to provide home visiting services to families in the Genesee County community. This project receives large amounts of data that will be inputted into the Well Family System EMR database. Through the Well Family System, Go Beyond will provide essential services to this project not only by hosting the database for Healthy Start client information, but also completing all data management needs required by federal funder HRSA.
DISCUSSION:
This request is to enter into a Professional Services contract with Go Beyond - Well Family System for a one-year period. Federal funder HRSA has renewed the funding for the Healthy Start Initiative for FY 2024 through 2029. Go Beyond will provide essential needs for the project including data cleaning and data reporting to federal funder HRSA. The cost of the Well Family System EMR by Go Beyond is $19,550.00 for the first year and $10,450.00 each year thereafter. No county appropriation is needed.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
There is no expected impact on Human Resources.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
All 2024 Healthy Start grantees received funding from federal funder HRSA carryout infant mortality services and data management related to the project.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
There is no expected impact on facilities.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
IT has done an initial review to determine if all components of this system is compliant with Genesee County standards. This system is web-based and will not require application downloads of any kind.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
Genesee County Healthy Start continues to support a Healthy, Livable, and Safe Community through the utilization of community resources. Home visiting services provided through the Healthy Start Initiative are shown to decrease maternal and infant mortality, therefore contributing to full term pregnancies and healthy infants.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Health Officer to authorize entering into a contract between Genesee County and GO BEYOND, LLC, to provide data management through its Well Family System for the Healthy Start Initiative for the period commencing August 1, 2024, through July 31, 2025, at a total cost not to exceed $19,550.00 to be paid from account 2211-607.01-801.000 with no county appropriation, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documents being on file with the official records of the July 17, 2024 meeting of the Human Services Committee of this Board), and the Chairperson of this Board is authorized to execute any necessary documents on behalf of Genesee County.