Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1984 [PAGE 498]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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I recommend approval. (This agreement will make it possible for University employees both to enroll in an HMO and to utilize the services and facilities of the University at the same time. Presently, some 30 percent of the University staff at Chicago receive care from other providers because they are members of prepaid health plans.) O n motion of Mr. Howard, this recommendation was approved. By consensus, the board agreed that one roll call vote would be taken and considered the vote on each agenda item nos. 9 through 22 inclusive. T h e recommendations were individually discussed but acted upon at one time. ( T h e record of board action appears at the end of each item.) Ambulatory Care Facility, Chicago (Employment of Herman Smith Associates) (9) The original program for the new University Hospital in Chicago included the replacement of both the old hospital and the obsolete outpatient clinics. In accord with the approved financial plan, the outpatient (or ambulatory care facility) was removed from the program. High-quality facilities are deemed essential if patients are to choose the University of Illinois as their provider, and cost-efficient facilities are necessary if the University is to provide health care at a competitive cost. Therefore, the chancellor at the Chicago campus has recommended approval of a contract with Herman Smith Associates of Hinsdale to assist in a consultative capacity in the development of a program for an ambulatory care facility at the Health Sciences Center. The same firm developed the program and reviewed the subsequent contract document for the new University Hospital and also has prepared a preliminary program for the ambulatory care facility. The recommended work includes: updating the facilities master plan for the University Hospital and Clinics; developing a definitive program plan for a new ambulatory facility as well as a master schedule and implementation strategy; assisting in the preparation of a certificate of need application; developing program and space descriptions for clinical and ancillary departments, to be included in the new facility and functional design criteria; preparing preliminary conceptual drawings; and developing preliminary construction cost estimates. The total cost will not exceed $250,000 over the life of the project, an amount estimated to be 1 percent of the construction cost. The fee includes all expenses, travel, meals, and lodging, except when the consultant is required by the University to travel outside the Chicago area. The cost includes a provision of up to $50,000 for cost-benefit studies, to be carried out only at the request of the University. Such studies are to be charged at the firm's per diem rates. The fee for the project is based on a calculation of the number of consultant days required for its completion. Funds for the project are available in the University Hospital income account. The vice president for business and finance concurs in the recommendation. I recommend approval. O n motion of M r . Logan, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Dr. Donoghue, M r . Forsyth, Mr. H a h n , M r . Howard, M r . Logan, Mr. Madden, Mr. Stone; no, none; absent, Mrs. Shepherd, Governor Thompson. ( T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Milkint; no, none; absent, Mr. Bolen.)