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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 8

Contract Renewal for Clinical Engineering Services, University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics, Chicago

(32) The chancellor at Chicago recommends renewal of a contract with ServiceMaster Company, Downers Grove, to provide management oversight for the Clinical Engineering Department of the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics (UIH&C). Under the current contract, ServiceMaster assisted UIH&C in establishing an in-house Clinical Engineering Department and conducted an inventory of all clinical equipment. The inventory has been completed and is used for scheduling and tracking preventive and corrective maintenance services, tracking costs for labor and parts, managing personnel data, and providing reports for the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations and other entities. Under the original approval, UIH&C will exercise the option to renew the software maintenance provision of the original contract for a cost of $15,208. Under the contract renewal, ServiceMaster will also continue to provide an experienced full-time, on-site manager for the department as well as technical expertise on an as-needed basis from the corporate office. Efforts have been underway to hire a permanent employee to provide these services, but have not been successful to this point. Once a permanent director has been selected, this portion of the contract can be terminated with a 90-day notice by UIH&C. The establishment of the Clinical Engineering Department resulted from the operations improvement effort and was originally estimated to save UIH&C $750,000 per year. Upon complete implementation, it is expected that savings will exceed the original estimate and will be realized in Fiscal Year 1995. This contract renewal is for the period of September 15,1994, through September 14, 1995. Costs for the management services are not to exceed $80,000 for the period. Funds are available in the Hospital Income Fund. The vice president for business and finance concurs. I recommend approval.

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

Contract for Physician Group Practice Development Services, College of Medicine, Chicago

(33) The chancellor at Chicago recommends approval of a contract with Executive Consulting Group, Inc. (ECG), Seattle, Washington, for services in support of the development of an academically centered group practice for the clinical faculty. Such a group practice will focus on the delivery of efficient, cost-effective health care services in response to the evolving competitive health care market place. ECG was selected based on a Request for Proposal initiated by an ad hoc committee within the College of Medicine. Formal presentations were made by three companies and ECG was selected based on its extensive national experience and similar efforts recently provided to Stanford University, Washington University, Oregon Health Sciences University, The Ohio State University, the University of California at San Francisco, and the University of Pennsylvania. Under the contract, ECG will provide the following services: Analyze current governance, organizational and financial arrangements for physician practice at UIC (the traditional departmental model); Define objectives for changing current arrangements;