Announcement of an Exempt Purchase

This exemption is for a subscription to the WebMD Ignite Point of Care for Epic Solution, which provides clinical content for patient education, drug data sheets and clinical knowledge-base that is integrated with the Epic Electronic Health Record System workflows.

This purchase is exempt from the usual selection processes of the Procurement Code because the procurement expenditure is for medical supplies or medical services necessary for the delivery of care and treatment at medical, dental, or veterinary teaching facilities utilized by SIU or U of I (30 ILCS 500 / 1-13(b-5)) Without this request it could create regulatory compliance risk for UI Health and could result in financial penalties associated with non-compliance with CMS Promoting Interoperability requirements. CMS requires the use of Certified EHR Technology to identify and provide patient-specific education resources to patients, as appropriate. WebMD Ignite provides the evidence-based patient education content integrated within Epic that supports UI Health's ability to meet these requirements.