Patient Bedside Monitors

The Central Iowa Health Care System requires the purchase and installation of 22 patient bedside monitors with the salient characteristics listed below.

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The deadline for this information is 4:00 PM Central Time on Thursday, August 14, 2025.

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  Description: VACIH has a requirement for 22 brand name or equal to Philips MX750s patient bedside monitors to replace the current MX800s in our PACU, OR, and ICU units. The bedside monitor must clearly display vital signs and other patient data. It must be capable of sending data to our EMRs and PDMs. The monitors must be compatible with our current Philips patient monitoring (PIC IX) system. VACIH is seeking a name brand or equal purchase of 22 MX750 monitors including all necessary accessories, software, licensing, installation, and configuration. The monitors and delivery schedule must meet the specifications below and noted in the scope of work. Award must be for no later than 60 days post award. The installation and delivery timeline must be coordinated with VHACIH to reduce impact to clinical operating.

  
  
  
  
  
  

  Salient Characteristics:

  
  
  

  Functions Performed: A bedside monitor that clearly displays live vital signs and other relevant patient data. The monitor must be capable of sending data to both the electronic medical record (EMRs) as well as any patient data management systems (PDMs).

  
  
  

  Physical Characteristics:

  
  


• 19” full-color project capacitive (PCAP) touchscreen


• Screen must have a resolution of at least 1920 x 1080.


• The monitor must weigh no more than 22 lbs (without accessories)


• Must be able to display up to 12 waveforms.


• Must be able to hold up to 8 different modules.


• Ambient light sensor automatically adjusts screen brightness to maintain readability in nearly any lighting environment.


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  Performance Required:

  
  


• Must be compatible with current charting and documentation systems (ICCA) with no reconfiguration.


• Must be compatible with current anesthesia record keeping system (CompuRecord) with no reconfiguration.


• Must be compatible with existing Intellivue patient monitoring equipment.


• Must be compatible with Philips patient information center (PIC iX).


• Must be able to transmit data to central monitoring stations (i.e., a nurse’s station).


• Must be capable of recording:
  
  
  
  • Blood Pressure (Invasive and Non-Invasive)
  
  
  • Heart Rate
  
  
  • Respiration Rate
  
  
  • ECG
  
  
  • Sp02
  
  
  • End Tidal CO2
  
  
  • Temperature
  
  
  • Cardiac Output
  
  
  • and Arrythmia monitoring
  
  
  
  


• Must have built-in advanced clinical solutions to summarize and visualize clinical data.


• Must be compatible with the existing multi-measurement modules and plug-in measurement modules:
  
  
  
  • Intellivue X3- Transport Patient Monitor
  
  
  • M1012A- Cardiac Output Parameter Module
  
  
  • M3012A- Hemodynamic Extension
  
  
  • M1116C- Thermal Array Recorder Module
  
  
  • M3015A- Microstream CO2 Extension
  
  
  • Intellivue G7M- Anesthesia Gas Module
  
  
  
  


• Must interface with current telemetry wearable monitors (MX40).


• Must be compatible with existing mounting hardware (GCX wall mounted track with channel).


• Must not require additional configuration changes to existing servers and infrastructure to function with existing patient monitoring systems.


• Must not require additional fiber/network pulls to maintain functionality.