Putting Handwriting to Work with Version 4 of Mi-Forms

At what event could you:

Hear how two home health agencies are increasing both the efficiency and effectiveness of their mobile capture processes. Hear how the Cherokee Indian Nation is capturing data and using the new Forms Automation System from HP. Hear from industry leaders on the state of digital writing and mobile data capture. Hear the preliminary results of research performed for the National Cancer Institute evaluating the impacts of 4 mobile data capture processes. See handwriting recognition and mobile data capture applications that are currently operationally in health care, government and cross industry applications. See the latest digital writing technology from such leading companies as HP, Logitech, Acer and others.

If you answered, the Mi-Co User Day 04 you are right! Check out the highlights below.

Over 80 Mi-Forms users, partners and staff gathered at the Radisson Hotel Research Triangle Park for the launch of Version 4 of the Mi-Forms System and to discuss the mobile data capture applications they currently have implemented.

The day's agenda (view in PDF) was packed with presentations covering both the directions of digital writing as well as specific solutions implemented in health care organizations, governmental entities and large commercial enterprise.

As users entered, they quickly completed mobile forms with the Mi-Forms system on the HP Tablet PC and the Logitech io Pen.

In the opening session, the users were welcomed by Roy Lively, consultant to the IRS and User Day Honorary Conference Chair.

Following Roy's welcome, Mi-Co CEO Jim Clary provided a glimpse of the incredible progress Mi-Co and the Mi-Forms System has made since User Day '03 (view presentation in PDF).

Barrett Joyner, Sr. VP of Sales and Marketing at Mi-Co, demonstrated the new features of Version 4 of the Mi-Forms System as User Day 04 represented the official rollout of Version 4 Release 4.1 (view presentation in PDF).

A highlight of Version 4 is the major enhancements in the Mi-Forms Designer allowing users to rapidly design and implement mobile data capture applications.

Logitech's Jan Edbrooke provided an overview of the digital writing solution from Logitech and a discussion of the strategic directions of Logitech's continued focus in the digital writing world.

Joseph Wagle, Marketing Manger of hp discussed hp's directions in Digital Writing including their new initiative in Forms Automation (view presentation in PDF). The Forms Automation System for HP is a digital pen based solution focused on solving the data capture needs of large scale enterprises.

Elodia B. Cole, Research Associate University of North Carolina Department of Radiology then provided highlights of a recent study that focused on the efficiency and effectiveness of different types of mobile data capture processes (view presentation in PDF).

This presentation was the initial release of findings from a study conducted for the National Cancer Center and focused on the data with Tablet PCs, Logitech io Pens, Pocket PCs, and a Pocket PC Hybrid (a Pocket PC connected to a Digitizer for handwriting input). Preliminary findings provide significant insight to the benefits of different forms of mobile data capture with the Tablet PC and Digital Pen receiving extremely high marks in speed of data capture, quality of data, and user satisfaction

Award Ceremony
A true highlight of the morning session was the presentation of the 2003 Mi-Forms User Awards that were announced. The recipients were:

Debra Harris, Wilson County Home Health Director
Mi-Forms User of the Year Debra discussed the positive impact that Mi-Forms has had in the deployment on 60 Acer Tablet PCs. (view presentation in PDF).

John Grovenstein, Information Technology Specialist
Impact Player of the Year Award

Juan Mesa, Jackson Memorial Hospital
Health Care Segment User of the Year

Jim Eller of the Cherokee Indian Health Authority discussed the ROI he expects in work he is currently implementing. This application could potentially reach over 300 hospitals and clinics in the nation. The mission of his work is to develop and deploy a practical, highly-effective information system for ambulatory care that offers real value to clinical users, business users, and patients.

Dr. Greg Clary, Mi-Co CTO, rounded out a very productive day with a look at the strategic directions that Mi-Co is planning for the next releases of the Mi-Forms System (view presentation in PDF). This development road map highlighted the facts that Mi-Co listens carefully to customer requirements and spends some dedicated time on primary research to Stay on the leading edge of mobile data capture and handwriting recognition technology.

For the second year in a row, Mi-Co contributed 10% of all the proceeds from the event to Communities in Schools of Wake County. CIS connects students with community resources and educational opportunities to help them succeed in school and in life. Kay Satterwhite from the CIS staff was there to receive the check and to demonstrate the positive impact that their mentoring programs have on the school children in Wake County.

"We are extremely pleased to be supporting the worthwhile efforts of Communities in Schools of Wake County. The tutoring and mentoring programs implemented by CIS of Wake County have a real impact on kids staying in school and achieving, not only in school, but in life. Mi-Co is happy to join over 300 other companies in the community this year that support these very important programs."

- Jim Clary, CEO, Mi-Co