Blue Ridge Area Heath Education Center (AHEC) is a non-profit organization that serves a variety of functions and is run through federal and state grants as well as private contributions.  In order to continue growing their resources, they must constantly collect and report data on the people and organizations they serve.  We saw immediately a deep need for online forms and databases that would allow routine processes to be performed by their users and seamlessly integrated into the internal database saving time and preventing error.

A glimpse of their old website

The client estimated that developing this system saved them approximately 80 hours of labor each semester, or about 160 hours a year, and while we love building really cool things that look great, this fact filled us with more satisfaction than anything else.

The Blue Ridge AHEC site contained many database-driven elements including:

• multi-level access and data entry/maintenance roles,
• user communication and reporting tools
• real time database interaction by non-technical users
• multiple security and referential validation systems
• online forms importable to client local database
• file storage and retrieval
• online quizzes with performance review and results storage and sorting functions
• embedded multimedia included videos and slideshows manageable by non-technical staff
• search functions by keyword, category, and other fields as needed.

Look for a fully functional Steele Agency website by Monday and a client login portal by the end of February.  Building highly integrated, functional websites is what we do everyday, so it’s a bit like getting the mechanic to work on his own car.

Thanks for your patience!