Company Website:
http://ehawaii.gov
HONOLULU -- (Business Wire)
The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) is being recognized
nationally for its effort to use technology to re-conceptualize,
transform and digitize the way government agencies serve their
customers. The Center for Digital Government announced the department’s
Hawaii Vital Records Ordering and Tracking System (vitrec.ehawaii.gov)
is a winner of the 2016 Digital Government Achievement Award (DGAA) in
the Driving Digital Government State Government category.
“Congratulations to our DOH vital records team and our partner
eHawaii.gov,” said Health Director Dr. Virginia Pressler. “Their efforts
will continue to provide better and more efficient online services for
the public.”
Deputy Director of Health Keith Yamamoto said, “We have come a long way
from the days of boxes of paper orders. Over 70 percent of all orders
for certified copies of vital records are now submitted online.”
Since the initial launch of the Vital Records Ordering and Tracking
System in February 2015, the Department of Health has reduced the
average wait time for mail-delivery of orders of certified copies from
56 business days to nine days. Individuals with prepaid pick-up orders
can be in and out of the office in as little as five minutes.
“We are honored and encouraged with this recognition,” said Dr. Alvin
Onaka, state registrar of Vital Statistics and chief of the Office of
Health Status Monitoring (OHSM). “With over 300,000 certified copies of
birth, death and marriage certificates issued annually, we must conduct
our operation as efficiently as possible with limited available
resources.” OHSM previously won two awards from DGAA for its Electronic
Marriage and Civil Union Registration System in 2013, and its Electronic
Death Registration System in 2007.
The Digital Government Achievement Awardsis a national program
that recognizes outstanding agency and department websites and
applications that enhance information interactions, transactions and/or
services, and increase innovation, efficiency, and performance.
The Department of Health’s online ordering and tracking service was
implemented by a partnership of the department’s Office of Health Status
Monitoring, Health Information Systems Office, and the Hawaii
Information Consortium, LLC, the official Internet portal manager of
eHawaii.gov.
The Office of Health Status Monitoring administers a statewide vital
event registry that includes birth, death and marriage records and
issues certified copies to those entitled by Hawaii law. Statistical
information from these statewide records is collected, processed,
analyzed, and disseminated to assess and monitor the health status of
the people of Hawaii.
About eHawaii.gov
Hawaii’s official Internet portal, portal.ehawaii.gov,
is managed by Hawaii Information Consortium, LLC, a Hawaii corporation
and wholly owned subsidiary of eGovernment firm, NIC Inc. (NASDAQ:
EGOV). Hawaii Information Consortium, LLC partners with Hawaii state and
county government agencies to bring more services online and improve
public access to government information.
About NIC
Founded in 1992, NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) is the nation's leading provider
of innovative digital government solutions and secure payment
processing, which help make government more accessible to everyone
through technology. The family of NIC companies provides digital
government solutions for more than 4,500 federal, state, and local
agencies in the United States. Forbes has named NIC as one of the “100
Best Small Companies in America” six times and the company has been
included four times on the Barron’s 400 Index. Additional information is
available at http://www.egov.com.
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Contacts:
eHawaii.gov
Russell Castagnaro, 808-695-4615
russell@ehawaii.gov
eHawaii.gov
Source: eHawaii.gov
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