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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 20

AGREEMENT BETWEEN T H E HEALTH A N D HOSPITALS GOVERNING COMMISSION OF COOK COUNTY A N D T H E BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF T H E UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS TO ESTABLISH A JOINT TASK FORCE FOR HEALTH CARE PLANNING

(16) The Chancellor at the Medical Center campus, in consultation with appropriate administrative officers at that campus, recommends that the Board of Trustees participate with the Health and Hospitals Governing Commission of Cook County in establishing a joint task force to facilitate health care planning in the Central and West Side sections of the City of Chicago. The following numbered paragraphs describe the composition of the joint task force and the general agreements underlying its establishment. A more descriptive statement titled "Planning for Better Health Care" is appended. The Board of Trustees agrees with the Health and Hospitals Governing Commission of Cook County that: (1) As public institutions with similar health care goals, neither Cook County Hospital nor the University of Illinois at the Medical Center will plan for the future without taking into account their mutually held goals and interests. (2) The most logical goal of joint planning is the development of new health care resources which will serve the health care needs of the Central and West Side communities of Chicago. (3) In order to implement planning which takes into account this mutuality of interest, the Health and Hospitals Governing Commission and the University of Illinois shall establish a joint task force charged with (a) exploring all options which have potential as plans for meeting the health care needs of the Central and West Side communities; (b) recommending the inpatient and outpatient facilities required considering existing resources in the area; (c) recommending options for governance of these resources; and (d) recommending options for financing required additional or replacement facilities. (4) The joint task force shall consist of thirteen members, four appointed by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, four appointed by the Health and Hospitals Governing Commission of Cook County, four nominated by the West Side Health Planning Organization, and one nominated by the West Side Medical Center Commission. The chairman shall be elected by the task force at its first meeting. The task force shall be appointed no later than October 1, 1972, and shall hold its first meeting within two weeks of appointment. (5) The Governing Commission must plan simultaneously for the remainder of Cook County, i.e., the North, South and far South Sides; and that the Commission staff will continue planning efforts for those other parts of the County, relating, as necessary, to the joint task force planning for the Central and West Sides of Chicago. It is recommended that the four representatives to the joint task force to be appointed by the Board of Trustees be (1) a member of the Board of Trustees, (2) H. Martin Engle, M.D., Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, (3) Alexander M. Schmidt, M.D., Dean of The Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, and (4) Glen EL Tomlinson, M.D., Professor and Head of the Department of Family Practice. To facilitate establishment of the joint task force, it is recommended that the Board of Trustees at its meeting on September 20, 1972, name one of its members to serve. I concur. O n motion of Mr. Forsyth, these recommendations were approved and Trustee E a r l Neal was appointed to represent the Board of T r u s tees on the joint task force. Planning for Better Health Care . . . a joint statement by the Health and Hospitals Governing Commission of Cook County and the University of Illinois. Introduction During the past several years an impressive array of studies, reports, conferences, informal meetings, demonstrations, newspaper editorials, work stoppages,