Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1988
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470 BOARD OF T R U S T I E S [February 4 Approval of Quality Assurance Plan; and Delegation Regarding Medical Staff Appointments, University Hospital and Clinics, Chicago (9) T h e chancellor at Chicago has recommended approval of the Quality Assurance Plan for the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics. 1 T h e standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations require that all accredited hospitals have such a plan approved by their respective governing boards. T h e hospital establishes a quality assurance program to monitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of patient care and services. Its primary goal is to assure the delivery of quality patient care. Quality assurance activities performed by the medical staff and all areas of the hospital and clinics are included in the overall program. The vice chancellor for health services will receive reports of hospital-wide quality assurance activities and will report to the Board of Trustees on these activities annually. In addition, the Joint Commission requires that the Board of Trustees formally delegate authority for medical staff appointments to the vice chancellor for health services and the chancellor has recommended such action (a continuation of present authority). T h e vice chancellor for health services approves the process for medical staff appointments and credentialing and approves, as the final decision, each application for initial appointment, reappointment, and revision/renewal of individual clinical privileges. T h e acting vice president for academic affairs has recommended approval of the plan and of the formal delegation described. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r s . G r a v e n h o r s t , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . Agreement with the China Statistical Information and Consultancy Service Centre, Chicago (Report for Information) (10) T h e chancellor at Chicago has reported a n agreement with the China Statistical Information and Consultancy Service Centre (CSICSC) whereby the University of Illinois at Chicago and CSICSC will process and analyze available statistical data pertaining the socio-economic conditions in China. T h e Chicago campus will be the sole institution involved in the translation, processing, editing, and distribution of such data in the English language. T h e two parties will share resources to carry out these activities on a collaborative basis and to facilitate the exchange of personnel and services between the institutions in support of the activity. T h e two institutions will promote the worldwide distribution by the campus of all English-language materials in any form and will share equitably in any proceeds accruing from such activities. T h e agreement is for a five-year period, commencing March 26, 1987. T h i s report was received for record. Oil and Gas Lease, Matagorda and Brazoria Counties, Texas (11) T h e University has a four percent mineral interest in a 344-acre tract in Texas, acquired as part of the Robert Wood Keeton and Emily A. Keeton gifts. T h e Frio Exploration Company has advised that the current oil and gas lease, which expires April 15, 1988, will not be renewed. William J. Burke and Associates, Inc., of Houston, Texas, who represent Mobil Producing Texas & New 1 The plan i» filed with the secretary of the board for record.
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