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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Accela and HP Selected to Provide Washington D.C. Department of Health With Mobile Solution
Dublin, Calif. (January 21, 2004) Accela, Inc., the leading provider of government enterprise software solutions, announced today that the Washington D.C. Department of Health has selected Accela Wireless(tm) as the Department's new mobile government application. HP Tablet PCs will be used to run the application, providing the Department's inspectors with complete mobile capabilities. The project, which involves adding new enhancements to the Department's existing permit and licensing system, is being managed by kedsTechnologies, Inc. The Department of Health conducts health and safety inspections annually or biannually to approximately 30,000 facilities including restaurants, nursing homes, hospitals, and others.
Accela Wireless powers the Department's health inspection teams with mobile technology that shifts many of their daily tasks from the office to the field. Using the Tablet PCs, inspectors will be able to remotely access their daily inspection schedules and the corresponding permit information.
While in the field, inspectors can input their inspection results and update the agency database in real-time, thereby speeding up the overall process.
"We are very excited about this effort. The use of a tiered architecture and Internet-based technologies at the Department is consistent with our IT Strategic Plan and Federal strategies for a Public Health Information Network infrastructure," stated Willis Bradwell, the CIO at the Department of Health. "By building the proper application and database architecture, and surrounding it with the appropriate security mechanisms, the inspectors will be able to process permits in a wireless environment, but in a secure manner."
Additionally, the Department will be implementing Accela GIS(tm)-an application that allows users to view geographic data related to a particular permit. Accela GIS can also be used to minimize the time spent traveling between various inspection sites; the system's route optimization feature maps the most expedient path based on the locations of the inspections scheduled for that day.
"The use of mobile technology and interactive mapping capabilities allows our inspectors to accomplish their daily tasks more efficiently," stated Denise Pope, the Administrator of Health Regulation Administration at the Department of Health. "The enhancement of our permit and licensing system will improve efficiency, track individual and group productivity, and produce management quality assurance reports for tracking and trending of inspections and non-compliance."
K. Dewitt Edwards, of kedsTechnologies, Inc., has been the Project Director for the Department's project. He adds, "By adding Accela Wireless and Accela GIS to the existing permit and licensing system, the Department now has a complete solution that allows them to manage the entire inspection process."
"We hope that other health agencies will take the Department of Health's lead in implementing innovative e-government solutions," remarked Robert P.
Lee, president and CEO of Accela. "Accela's wireless and GIS technology offer agencies the flexibility they need to access enterprise information and effectively serve the needs of the community."
Commenting on the joint solution, Cathy Martin, director of State and Local Government at HP, stated, "HP's Tablet PC platform is a natural fit for the Web services technology utilized by Accela Wireless. The solution is easy to implement and it empowers inspectors with the mobile technology they need to keep up with the increased demands from citizens."
The mission of the Department of Health is to promote and protect the health, safety, and quality of life of residents, visitors, and those doing business in the District of Columbia. For more information, please visit http://dchealth.dc.gov.
For more information on kedsTechnologies, please visit http://kedsTechnologies.com.
About Accela
Accela develops award-winning enterprise systems for asset management, bioterrorism alert, emergency response, licensing, permitting, planning, public health, and many other processes for government agencies of all sizes. Accela's software solutions manage critical public sector applications for thousands of departments in major metro areas, cities, and counties such as the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles County, Miami-Dade County, Atlanta, Kansas City, San Diego County, as well as others. Accela is headquartered in Dublin, Calif. For more information, please visit www.accela.com
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