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the following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mr. Boyle, Dr. Gindorf, Mr. Grabowski, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Lopez, Ms. Reese; no, none; absent, Mrs. Calder, Governor Edgar. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Ms. Huff, Mr. Riley; no, none.)

Contract for Information Systems Advisory Services, University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics, Chicago

(12) The chancellor at Chicago recommends increasing an existing contract with Zinn Enterprises, Ltd. (Zinn), a Chicago-based information systems consulting firm, to continue to provide assistance in the selection of a patient care system for the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics. The current patient care system, Technicon Data System, was originally installed in 1978 and has been updated periodically. A Hospital Information System Task Force was established in February 1991 to evaluate the capabilities and user satisfaction of the current system and determine if a replacement system is required. In the course of the initial evaluation, it was determined that the current system did not provide the information needed by the user community. The task force recommended that the hospital administration undertake a detailed evaluation of alternative patient care systems to replace the current system. Zinn was initially hired to provide assistance in evaluating mainframe-based systems under a contract which ends December 31, 1993. Zinn, under the proposed amendment, will develop an information systems vision statement that will guide the ultimate patient care system selection for UIH&C. Zinn will also assist the task force in selecting non-mainframe-based systems vendors for consideration, review, and evaluation; identify other issues as they relate to the selection of a patient care system; and participate in the negotiation of a contract with the preferred system vendor. The proposed amendment would extend the contract through December 31, 1994, for a total cost not to exceed $275,000. Funds are available in the Hospital Income Fund. The vice president for business and finance recommends approval. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Lamont, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mr. Boyle, Dr. Gindorf, Mr. Grabowski, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Lopez, Ms. Reese; no, none; absent, Mrs. Calder, Governor Edgar. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Ms. Huff, Mr. Riley; no, none.)

Approval of 1994 Budget for the Mile Square Health Center, Chicago

(13) The chancellor at Chicago recommends approval of the budget for the Mile Square Health Center for calendar year 1994 as required by the terms of the 1990 agreement between the University of Illinois Board of Trustees and the City of Chicago. The center's coordinating committee approved the budget on October 15, 1993. The Chicago City Council approved the budget on November 17, 1993. The vice chancellor for health services, along with the center's executive director and coordinating committee, has proposed an operating budget of $5,660,100 for the year representing an increase of 32.6 percent over the actual expenditure level for calendar year 1993. The projected level of services at the center is expected to increase by 43.2 percent from 32,923 patient encounters in 1993 to 47,132 patient encounters in 1994. The University's contribution to this budget is $682,791, an increase of 0.75 percent. A summarized budget is presented below: