The Office of Medi-Cal Procurement with the Department of Health Care Services has released a Notice of Intent to Award to OZ Systems USA, LLC, for a data management services contract for California's Newborn Hearing Screening Program. The procurement was put out to bid in July.
The program screens and evaluates approximately 500,000 babies each year at as many as 290 hospitals across the state.
The screening program operates with an automated online system, according to the Department of Health Care Services.
"The basic operations of the program are managed using an online automated system for collecting, reporting, tracking and monitoring infant information," an RFP released on July 20 says.
The technical requirements specifications for the Data Management Service are summarized here.
Annual data from the California Newborn Hearing Screening Program is available here.
Proposals for the RFP are due Sept. 1.
