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Environmental Health Administrators needed a Management Information
System to provide facility and employee activity information that is current
and readily available. This is why SWEEPS®,
a comprehensive , integrated
data base to meet their specific needs was designed. The first phase of SWEEPS®,
began in 1971, and gave the
participating jurisdictions program information and inventory listings for
their major environmental health programs. The need for a more complete reporting system , was initiated in July of 1983. This second phase incorporated an
inspection tracking, time and activity reporting system, integrated with the
existing establishment tracking system.
This allowed for the accounting of time expended and activities
performed by the environmental health staff.
The original system used a large scale IBM mainframe computer to
process the data. With the coming of the
personal computer, SWEEPS®,
using a Personal Computer, was developed with the participation of
many local environmental health jurisdictions. The results from this
project brought about improvements in field forms, data entry accuracy,
and the ability to process, report, bill and permit at the local office. By 1992 the power of personal computers allowed the use of the
mainframe and batch production of reports to be discontinued . Each customer was now able to install
their own hardware with the capability of locally managing their own data,
and run their own reports, as often as they wish. Since 1983, Input Systems, Incorporated has
continued its leadership in Environmental Health software by continually
enhancing SWEEPS®, When
WINDOWS®-95 was announced in 1995. SWEEPS®
was completely re-designed for
the new operating system. Additional modules were added, several
improvements, were made, and greater capabilities implemented. This portfolio of information will give the reader
a brief overview of the capabilities of SWEEPS ® |
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MAINFRAME
1983 - 1990
MAINFRAME WITH LOCAL PCs
USED FOR DATA ENTRY
1985 - 1990
ALL WORK MOVED TO LOCAL PCs
AND NETWORKED
1990 - PRESENT
