Children's Hospital (Omaha, Neb.) www.chsomaha.org
Closed-Loop Medication Management System
Project Lead: Allana Cummings, Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Project Description: With input from physicians, nurses, and pharmacists, Children's Hospital integrated its clinical and pharmacy software systems to create an end-to-end medication management solution. The unified system provides practitioners and pharmacists with a shared, integrated medication management workflow and access to all patient data in a single record, thereby providing a shared, enterprisewide view of all medications administered to a patient and ensuring optimal continuity of care.
Industry: Health Care

City of Savannah, Ga., IT Dept. www.SavannahGA.gov
Savannah Public Safety Muni Wi-Fi System
Project Lead: Brad Goodman, Network Manager
Project Description: Seeking to provide streaming surveillance video to desktops at headquarters and to mobile police officers in an effort to enhance public safety, the City of Savannah rolled out a metro-mesh Wi-Fi network, mounting Tropos MetroMesh routers on traffic and street lights and deploying single-axis cameras throughout the city. Pan-tilt-zoom cameras enable officials to zoom in on incidents, while fixed cameras monitor traffic flows and provide surveillance of critical infrastructure and potential problem sites such as convenience stores.
Industry: Government

Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority www.mahealthconnector.org
Web Site Strategy, Design, and Development
Project Lead: Bob Nevins, Chief Information Officer
Project Description: Massachusetts recently embarked on a first-in-the-nation attempt to implement sweeping health care reform. Legislation was passed in April 2006 that requires all Massachusetts residents to acquire health insurance by Dec. 31, 2007. To help uninsured residents find affordable health care plans, the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, with assistance from Computer Sciences Corp., developed an interactive Web portal, integrating Vignette Application Portal 7.2 with other key technologies such as Microsoft SQL Server databases, Apache HTTP Web Server, Tomcat application server, and various open source developer tools. The team developed migration and configuration control processes for moving app components from environment to environment to complete the Web site, which communicates in real time using Web services and contains links to related systems and sites hosted by other state agencies, contractors, and participating health insurance carriers. To date, 8,200 residents have found affordable insurance through the Connector portal.
Industry: Government

Compassion International www.compassion.com
Web to COMPASS: BPM Initiative
Project Lead: Brian Houghtaling, Enterprise Architecture Director
Project Description: Web to COMPASS was launched by Compassion to streamline its sponsor engagement and service processes, enabling the organization to automate data collection, review, and approval for providing assistance to needy children in third-world countries. The project integrates Microsoft BizTalk with Ultimus' BPM suite, tapping the organization's .Net development skills to form an SOA foundation. A home-grown database is used in conjunction with a Cognos LAVA appliance to provide BAM services that help monitor the performance of Web to COMPASS. Compassion's BPM efforts have also reduced the cycle time for processing its more than 475,000 case studies a year from one month to two days.
Industry: Donation Services

Computer Sciences Corp. www.csc.com
Army Logistics Modernization Program
Project Lead: Sheri Thureen, Vice President, CSC Program Manager
Project Description: In collaboration with the U.S. government and SAP, Computer Sciences Corp. developed a Web-based ERP solution as part of the U.S. Army's Logistics Modernization Program. The fully integrated supply chain and MRO (maintenance, repair, and overhaul) planning and execution system is built around SAP and is supplemented by components from Sun, Cisco, and HP. The LMP manages $4.5 billion in inventory, processes transactions from 50,000 vendors, and integrates with more than 80 DoD systems to deliver supplies from the factory to the front lines.
Industry: Services

Correos www.correos.es
RFID Mail Delivery Optimization Streamlining
Project Lead: Regina Defarges, Organizational Deputy Director
Project Description: Embracing technology to accelerate mail delivery, Spain's state-run postal service launched Europe's largest ever RFID deployment, with 13,000 passive RFID labels, 2,300 antennas, and more than 331 readers at 16 locations. [ Readthe full Correos finalist profile | See Top 10 Finalists slideshow ]
Industry: Government