Olga Smirnov of the Boston Public Health Commission Named Mi-Co Health Care User of the Year

Research Triangle Park, NC. Mi-Co, the mobile data capture company, at its recent Mi-Co User Day presented the Health Care User of the Year Award to Olga Smirnov of the Boston Public Health Commission. Ms. Smirnov was recognized for her outstanding work in the development and implementation of Mi-Forms for data capture for the Commission’s Healthy Baby, Healthy Child Program.

“The work and dedication of a number of individuals at Boston Public Health,” stated Jim Clary, Mi-Co CEO, ”has been instrumental in the success of this digital pen solution for the nurses collecting data in the client’s homes. With her work on forms development and implementation, Ms. Smirnov has had a tremendous impact on the success of this project.”

The data capture project for the Healthy Baby program under the direction of Claritza Abreu, Director of Information Systems Services with the Commission, has resulted in more rapid data processing, increased quality and cost reductions in the capture and use of the data.

Since the 1980s, the Healthy Baby program has sent nurses, social workers and client advocates into homes to visit families, proactively serving the community’s 600,000 citizens. The organization’s mission is to promote the well being of families by offering health education and case management.

About Mi-Co

Mi-Co, the mobile data capture company, provides digital writing software that enables an efficient and effective process for capturing and communicating handwritten data. Mi-Co’s enterprise Mi-Forms Software System enables flexible e-forms design for data capture using digital ink. In addition, Mi-Forms Software has proven capabilities for handwriting interpretation, verification, data validation and communication of forms-based data for enterprise users. Mi-Forms supports Tablet PCs, Digital Pens, Pocket PCs and signature capture devices. Mi-Co is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and has a Washington customer service center. For more information on Mi-Co, visit www.mi-corporation.com.