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Research Program
1.
At TIRR with TIRR support
2.
At TIRR without TIRR support
3.
Systems corporation with funding
4.
Systems corporation without funding
5.
Baylor PM&R program
6.
Independent research cooperation
Custom Clinical Services for the most severely disabled
1.
Let market fill niche
2.
Create Systems company to fill niche with TIRR support
3.
Encourage creation of independent company with TIRR support
4.
Encourage creation of independent company without TIRR support
5.
Encourage creation of company affiliated with Methodist, Hermann,
Continental, etc.
Strategic decision re downsizing
1.
Board approval?
2.
Change in mission of TIRR
3.
Marketing and sales strategy
4.
Independence of TIRR threatened by Systems
5.
Decision to squeeze rather than subsidize
6.
Decision to use savings to bankroll Systems growth instead of
subsidize TIRR services
MEMORANDUM
DATE:
February 28, 1995
TO:
Cindy Lucia
FROM:
Lex Frieden fr
Please find attached a draft of a letter which I think we might use to get a grant from one or
more foundations from Oklahoma with "family ties." Obviously, the money would make an
initial dent in our goal of having a research endowment at TIRR. Please let me know what
you think of this initial idea. We can discuss the strategies with the foundations I have in
mind once we agree on the approach.
Dear Foundation Trustees:
The purpose of this letter is to request your assistance in funding our rehabilitation research
program at The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR). You may be aware that
TIRR is one of the most esteemed rehabilitation programs in the United States. For the past
five years, our program has been ranked among the top five rehabilitation hospitals nationally
by U.S. News and World Report. We are the only ranked program in the Southwest region
of the country. Such recognition is partly attributable to our highly acclaimed research
program.
In order to familiarize you with our outstanding programs, I have attached some relevant
materials. Among these materials is a chronologue of our most significant accomplishments.
As you can see, much of our productivity stems from our breakthroughs in research. These
breakthroughs have helped shape the practice of rehabilitation medicine in the United States,
and throughout the world.
With recent changes in the health care industry, the future of research programs like those
which have helped us to develop and demonstrate new and more effective rehabilitation
methods and techniques is in jeopardy. It appears to us that efforts to cut costs and
economize in healthcare may result in reduced support for research, even though such research
may lead to improved services and consequentially lowered costs in the future. The purpose
of this request is to seek your assistance in insuring the future of the nation's most productive
rehabilitation research program at TIRR.
Specifically, we request that you fund an endowed chair in rehabilitation research. The chair
would be funded by an original gift or pledge of $1 million. This sum will be maintained in
a permanent account, the interest from which will be used annually to underwrite a portion
of the costs associated with one professional position in our research program. The Chair will
bear the name of the donor foundation, one of its founders, or someone else of honor as
designated by the foundation trustees. For example, it could be called the "Share Trust Chair
in Rehabilitation Research at TIRR."
We feel as if it is particularly appropriate and significant to solicit the support and generosity
of the Share Trust for support of this proposal. As noted above, TIRR is regarded as the
preeminent medical rehabilitation facility in the Southwest region of the United States. Our
primary service area includes Oklahoma, and many of our more than 40,000 patients have
come to us from Oklahoma, and returned there as productive members of their communities.
It is also significant to us that the Institute was founded 35 years ago by Dr. William A.
Spencer, a physician who was born and raised in Oklahoma City. Finally, one our best-
known and most successful former patients, and now a respected senior administrator at our
institution, Mr. Lex Frieden, was born and raised in Alva, Oklahoma. He constantly reminds
us of his roots and of his dedication to his home state.
In order to recognize and acknowledge TIRR's close ties to Oklahoma, we would propose that
the first person to be designated with the title "Share Trust Chair in Rehabilitation Research
at TIRR" would be Lex Frieden. Mr. Frieden is Senior Vice President of TIRR, responsible
for managing our externally sponsored programs including research. He is also Professor in
the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine. Mr.
Frieden attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma State University, and
the University of Tulsa, where he has been honored as a distinguished alumnus.
Professionally, he is recognized as one of the founders of the independent living movement
by people with disabilities, and as one of the authors of the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA). Spinal cord injured as a result of an automobile accident in Stillwater, Oklahoma,
in 1967, Mr. Frieden has a unique perspective from which to improve services to and
opportunities for people with disabilities.
By endowing this chair, you can help us insure that the leadership role which Mr. Frieden
plays in our Institute and throughout the nation, and the important work that he and his
colleagues do in the field of rehabilitation research, is maintained. Our goal in securing
endowment for our research program is to enable us to maintain a core program in research
with funding that is secure from economic and political nuances. Upon Mr. Frieden's
retirement or departure from TIRR, the Chair will be reassigned to another esteemed
researcher at TIRR.
We hope that you agree that having a distinguished Oklahoman, and a vital member of our
staff designated as the first holder of the "Share Trust Chair in Rehabilitation Research at
TIRR" would be most appropriate and we hope you deem this request worthy of your support.
If you would like to discuss any modification to this proposal or other materials related to this
request, please fee free to call Cindy Lucia, Executive Director, TIRR Foundation (a 501
(c)(3) organization) at (713) 528-0123, or me at (713) 797-5280. Thank you for your
consideration of this request.
Sincerely yours,
Charles C. Beall
President
- - DRAFT - -
AFFILIATED TEACHING HOSPITAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
AND
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION AND
RESEARCH LOCATED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
This Affiliated Teaching Hospital Agreement, made and entered
into this
day of
, 199 , A.D., by and
between the Board of Directors of The Institute for Rehabilitation
and Research, located in the City of Houston, Harris County, Texas,
hereinafter referred to as TIRR, and Baylor College of Medicine,
hereinafter referred to as Baylor, both organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Texas;
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, it is universally recognized that hospitals and
medical schools have certain objectives in common, namely, (a) the
advancement of medical service through professional care of the
sick, (b) training of medical and ancillary personnel, ©advancement
of medical knowledge through investigation, and (d) promotion of
personal and community health; and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that TIRR can accomplish these
objectives in larger measure and more effectively in the context of
a continuing close affiliation with Baylor; and
WHEREAS, TIRR and Baylor have worked together to further such
objectives under an affiliation agreement dating back to September
1961; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of TIRR to obtain the benefits of a
continued affiliation with Baylor, and Baylor has expressed a
willingness to continue to extend its cooperation in making
available its facilities to this end; and
WHEREAS, Baylor recognizes that TIRR can offer broad
opportunities for teaching and clinical research for medical
students, house officers, and faculty; and
WHEREAS, it is agreed (a) that a hospital affiliated with a
medical school has the potential of being a better hospital and (b)
that a medical school must have a good working relationship with a
nationally-recognized hospital in order to complete its educational
and research responsibilities; and
WHEREAS, TIRR and Baylor each will benefit from a closer
working relationship with the other and each desires to strengthen
the ties between the two institutions and to enter into this
Affiliated Teaching Hospital Agreement to more specifically
evidence such relationship;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing and
in further consideration of the premises hereinafter set forth, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. TIRR, acting for its institution, shall retain all
jurisdictional powers incident to separate ownership, including the
power to determine the general and fiscal policies of the
institution, selection of the chief executive officer of TIRR, and
the determination of the acceptability and desirability of members
of the TIRR medical staff within the terms of this agreement.
2. Baylor shall retain all jurisdictional powers incident to
separate ownership, including the power to determine the general
and fiscal policies of the institution and the selection of its
administrative and faculty personnel.
3. This affiliation agreement does not preclude either
institution from entering into other affiliations in regard to
clinical facilities, education, or research.
4. TIRR will be a primary teaching affiliate of Baylor with
all rights and responsibilities of similar affiliated hospitals
with this designation.
5. Baylor faculty at TIRR shall conform to all TIRR medical
staff rules and bylaws and to all Baylor policies and procedures.
6. All admissions of patients to TIRR shall be under the
direction of the Board of Directors of TIRR, and full, complete
direction of the administration and supervision of TIRR shall be
retained by the Board of Directors of TIRR at all times.
7. All expenses incurred for the operation of TIRR shall be
paid by TIRR, and all expenses incurred for the operation of Baylor
shall be paid by Baylor.
8. Both parties agree to cooperate in good faith in carrying
out a program for: (a) the advancement of medical service through
professional care of the sick; (b) training of medical and
ancillary personnel; ©advancement of medical knowledge through
investigation; and (d) promotion of personal and community health.
9. It is agreed that a Joint Advisory Committee will be
established with equal representation from Baylor and TIRR, and
will include the Chairman of Baylor's Department of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation. The Joint Advisory Committee will
meet at least yearly to discuss issues of mutual concern.
10. Active Medical Staff Rehabilitation Faculty participating
arter
in the Baylor/TIRR clinical, education, and research activities
the
envisioned by this agreement shall be full-time members of the
this
Baylor faculty.
Does
11. This agreement shall continue in force and effect for a
3
period of 30 years from the date of execution thereof, and may be
terminated at anytime by mutual consent of the parties hereto, or,
by either party giving the other party two (2) years written notice
of termination. This agreement is binding upon the parties herein
and upon the successors or assignees of either institution.
12. Full acceptance, implementation, and continuation of this
agreement is subject to the execution of specific operations
agreements between TIRR and Baylor's Department of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation.
THE INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
AND RESEARCH
Chairman, Board of Directors
Chairman, Board of Trustees
President
President