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Healthier Healthcare

BC Biomedical benefits from better information management—thanks to Laserfiche

November 6th, 2008

bc biomedical logo“One team, one vision, advancing health.”

That’s BC Biomedical’s motto. And since implementing Laserfiche four years ago to manage its sprawling information network spread out over 47 patient service centers (PSCs), you can add “embracing technology” to its motto. Full story »

Putting Boulder City on Easy Street

Document management’s no crapshoot for Nevada’s biggest small town

November 4th, 2008

Compared to other cities in Nevada, Boulder City is something of an anomaly. Unlike nearby Las Vegas and the rest of Henderson County, BC is relatively quaint, with a population of just 15,000.

“We’re close to Las Vegas, we’re close to the Hoover Dam, but we’re surrounded by 200 miles of land. It’s like a buffer around us,” explains City Clerk Pamella Malmstrom. “Clark County has been one the fastest growing counties in the country. We’ve taken steps to not grow so rapidly.”

But even as modest Boulder City seems buffered from the noisy neon of its neighbors, it still faced the same information management concerns as every other city in the state. Especially since late 2007, when the state legislature passed a resolution mandating that all government agencies in Nevada be able to honor requests for public records within five working days. Full story »

November VAR of the Month: Arguz Document Imaging and Storage Services

Arguz’s real equity is in its deep partnership with its clients.

November 1st, 2008

November VAR of the Month Arguz Document Imaging and Storage Services has the distinction of installing Latin America’s very first Rio system, to the Instituto Nacional de Migracion (INAMI), Mexico’s Immigration Department.

Since Arguz became a Laserfiche reseller in 2001, the mark of its success has been servicing enterprise-scale government solutions across Mexico.
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Badge to the Future

Elk River, MN’s hi-tech cop shop is tops for making greener traffic stops

October 10th, 2008

“Police departments in general create a lot of paperwork and kill a lot of trees,” says Jeffrey Beahen, Chief of Police for Elk River, MN.

But Beahen’s department is saving trees and racking up awards—including one for Excellence in Innovation in Information Technology from the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) just this year.

jeff beahen“Our peers are John Hopkins University, the San Diego Police Department, the Canadian Research Center and the Dutch National Police,” Beahen notes proudly. “And little old Elk River is up on the porch with the big dogs.”

Elk Rapids, home to 24,000 and located on the outskirts of greater Minneapolis, got up on that porch thanks to Beahen’s vision of giving his officers every technological advantage available—with Laserfiche playing a vital role in both that vision and that advantage.

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