The Barry Eaton District Health Department is getting a new electronic filing software system that is less expensive and is expected to be more stable and easier to work with. The laserfiche system from General Code CMS will replace the Filer system, the department’s current management system that organizes paper files into electronic form.
The Health Board approved the purchase of the software program for $21,575. Health Officer Colette Scrimger said with a difference in support costs, $10,000 a year to Filer and $3,825 to General Code, the department will recoup $17,000 of the cost in two and a half years.
The current program is “at least 10 years old, balky, and a troublesome company to work with,” she said.
Health Board member and Eaton County Commissioner Blake Mulder said Eaton County uses the laserfiche system, saying, “They like it, they say it’s efficient and easy to use.”
The BEDHD’s IT department will produce the conversion requirements and the transfer of data, Scrimger said. “It shouldn’t require much staff time, and we hope to complete the transfer over Christmas break.”
