From Ignorance to Confusion

Sandra M. Solano-McGuire, M.D., M.S.

Chief, Health Statistics

Ohio Department of Health

We Need To Image This!!!!

Let’s Scan Them!!!

Buy scanner Get software Somebody to data

enter Ask somebody who

has already done it

Are You Ready?

What is your enterprise strategy for content management?

What is the role of content in your enterprise?

What are the market trends affecting providers of content management?

Is capturing your main goal? IDM? ECM? Best of Breed?

What are the limitations of your technical environment

Do you want a service bureau?

The Learning Curve

Capturing – Acquiring and processing the image, includes capability to create analog outputs (e.g. microfilm). Organizes images for search, retrieval and reproduction.

IDM – Integrated Document Management provides an infrastructure for organizing and managing electronic documents, routing them, automating related tasks and distribution.

Publishing

Transactions

Personalization

TransformationWorkflow

Integration

Learning Curve Continued…

Create/Acquire

Aggregate/ Manage

DistributeReview

Archive

Destroy

RepositoriesRepositories

External External

Internal Internal

Learning Curve Continued…

ECM – Enterprise Content Management includes IDM, Web Content Management, Records Management, Document Imaging, Document-centric collaboration, Workflow.

E-Forms – Online forms

What do we do now?

Assess your need and constraints Develop a strategy to manage content Create a project team Document inventory Other implementation in the organization Agree on strategy (one vendor vs. multiple) Use a structure evaluation methodology to

select vendor Get help!