Board of Visitors minutes March 25, 1983 | ||
BACKGROUND LEADING TO SMS SYSTEMS CORPORATION CONTRACT
The contract with SMS Systems Corporation for a Financial Management System represents a concrete commitment of funds and other resources to a plan that has been in formulation over the past five years. With the execution of this contract, the University of Virginia Hospitals will take a significant step toward the implementation of a total Hospital Information System (HIS) to upgrade and expand the application of computer technology to meet current and growing financial, statistical, health care and reporting requirements.
The HIS planning effort began in 1978 when Price Waterhouse and Company recommended improvements in information gathering, control and reporting. Further recommendations by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to the 1979 Virginia General Assembly reinforced the need for information systems, especially in the financial areas of the UVa Hospitals.
During the next two years, detailed information system requirements were developed by all major areas of the Hospitals, and on August 17, 1981, a Request for Proposal for a Hospital Information System for the University of Virginia Hospitals was released to vendors. Six major HIS vendors responded in October, and proposal evaluation and vendor selection was concluded in October, 1982. SMS Systems Corporation was selected to provide the financial and statistical subsystems, and Technicon Data Systems Corporation was selected to provide the health care subsystems of the HIS. During 1982, The State Health Commissioner granted the Certificate of Public Need and the Department of Management Analysis and Systems Development approved the Agency Procurement Request submitted for the Hospital Information System, which, over its seven-year life span is expected to cost approximately $12.5 million.
The SMS Systems Corporation contract provides comprehensive computer systems in the following areas:
Census/Inpatient Billing
Accounts Receivable/Bad Debts
Outpatient Billing
General Ledger
Accounts Payable
Inventory
Payroll/Personnel
Fixed Assets
The contract specifies costs for these systems as follows:
Purchase Cost of Computer Hardware | $ 227,168 |
Delivery and Installation Costs (approx) | 325,000 |
Costs for Shared Services and Maintenance (approx) | 60,000/month |
Immediate and substantial revenue and informational benefits are exted with the July 1, 1983 implementation of the SMS Systems Corporation Financial Management System.
Board of Visitors minutes March 25, 1983 | ||