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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 101105 April 5, 2001
BY: General Government Committee, William R. Patterson, Chairperson
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - EHEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
INFORMATION SYSTEM
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Environmental Health Unit of the Oakland County Health
Division has over 13,000 active files and processes over 143,000 pieces of
paper annually; and
WHEREAS the records used by Environmental Health are in paper form, and
are stored at three different locations; and
WHEREAS virtually all of the forms required to be filled out by
Environmental Health Sanitarians in the field are filled out by hand; and
WHEREAS most Environmental Health information is not currently
associated with the County's existing GIS or GPS technologies; and
WHEREAS Health Division and Information Technology staff have been
meeting for several months to devise the parameters of a system which will
address the data storage/retrieval, imaging, field computing, and other
technical needs of the Environmental Health Unit; and
WHEREAS the proposed system, named eHealth, will be web-based and
provide a platform for the centralized electronic storage, retrieval, and
access of Environmental Health records, as well as enhanced monitoring and
analysis capabilities; and
WHEREAS eHealth will also allow the Health Division to make use of the
County's existing GIS and GPS technologies; and
WHEREAS it is estimated that the project will be fully implemented
within two years from its inception; and
WHEREAS it is expected that after full implementation of eHealth has
taken place, the Health Division will be able to reduce staffing through
attrition as a result of the efficiencies gained through this system, which
will save an estimated $185,000 per year in personnel costs upon full
implementation; and
WHEREAS the Governmental Services Leadership Group has approved
$188,300 in development funds to be applied toward this project.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners authorizes the Health Division and the Department of
Information Technology to proceed with the development and implementation of
the eHealth system at an estimated cost of $2,850,000.
GENERAL 3OVERNMENT..COMMITTEE
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Resolution #01105 April 5, 2001
The Chairperson referred the Resolution to the Finance Committee. There were
no objections.