Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1980 [PAGE 233]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

1979]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

223

bed control, patient care planning, ordering and reporting of x-rays, laboratory studies, patient billing and collections, financial management of the hospital, and reporting of information both internally and to external agencies. Such an integrated information system will allow improvements to be made in patient care in the hospital and clinics, which, in turn, will enhance the educational environment for students from all colleges using the hospital as a clinical base for teaching programs. An integrated information system also will provide the hospital with the capability of monitoring the quality and efficiency of care given to patients and, in addition, will supply information needed for cost containment purposes and good business management. T h e direct cost benefits to the hospital from such a system will come in the form of more effective utilization of professional time (of both physicians and nurses), improved controls over revenue generation, and improved statistical reporting. Further benefits are improved cash collections and a concomitant reduction in accounts receivable, both required for good cash management. It is also expected that the length of stay of patients can be reduced by the efficiencies of a system which integrates medical reporting from support services with patient care programs developed by the nursing and medical staffs. Medical information systems of this type are being developed nationwide. Several are commercially available and were reviewed by a committee composed of physicians, nurses, data processing personnel, and management at all levels of the health service system at the Medical Center, over an extended period of time. T h e committee determined, after comprehensive study, that the medical information system available from Technicon Medical Information System Corporation met the requirements of the University of Illinois Hospital. T h e chancellor at the Medical Center recommends that the comptroller be authorized to enter into a contract with Technicon Medical Information Systems Corporation for: (1) modification of the Technicon system so that it meets the specific needs of the University Hospital (including modification of Technicon's software, so that it will operate on the University's 370-168 computer; (2) licenses for the use of the Technicon system for a period of u p to five years; and (3) maintenance of the system software during the license period. T h e estimated cost of the system for five years is $2,071,700. (A table of the estimated costs is filed with the secretary of the board for record.) If Technicon markets the " U of I — M V S " version of its system, future charges to the University will be reduced. At the end of five years, the University will have the following options: Licenses 1. Negotiate with Technicon for the continuation of the licenses; or 2. Purchase: a. T h e medical information system (MIS) license for $771,913, less one-half of the licensure payments made by the University for that system; a n d / o r b. T h e financial management system (FMS) license for $75,367, less one-half of the licensure payments made by the University for that system. (The University may exercise the option to acquire paid-up licenses at any point in the five-year period.) Software Maintenance 1. Negotiate with Technicon for the continuing maintenance of the software system; or 2. Provide for maintenance of the software system from within the University. T h e system is designed to incorporate 203 on-line video display terminals, 135 printers attached to the terminals, and 2 lab interface terminals. T h e equipment acquisitions will be presented to the board at a later date and are expected to be added to the master lease-purchase contract with I T E L Corporation.