Weinstein Liat C, Keyes Kelly A, Brooks Connor, Ascolese Micaela A, Smiley-McDonald Hope M, Ropero-Miller Jeri D
RTI International, 3040 E. Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20531, USA.
Forensic Sci Int Synerg. 2024 May 17;8:100477. doi: 10.1016/j.fsisyn.2024.100477. eCollection 2024.
Technology uses among medical examiner and coroner (MEC) offices in the United States are not well characterized, yet technology is essential to job-performing duties. Resources, operational infrastructure, and MECs' policies and procedures that affect technology use should be better understood. MEC offices need access to technologies like internet, case management systems (CMSs), databases, and advanced imaging to perform their basic duties. A current state of the technologies MEC offices use to complete a death investigation is presented by analyzing data from the 2018 Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices. This analysis shows the New England division reported the most internet and CMS access. Many offices reported limited access to, and low participation in, databases for assessing and sharing case data. Offices serving populations >250,000 have more access to the internet, CMSs, databases, and advanced imaging. Although MEC office technology use has improved over time, it is still disparate.
美国法医和验尸官（MEC）办公室的技术使用情况尚无明确特征，但技术对于履行工作职责至关重要。影响技术使用的资源、运营基础设施以及MEC的政策和程序应得到更好的理解。MEC办公室需要使用互联网、案件管理系统（CMS）、数据库和先进成像等技术来履行其基本职责。通过分析2018年法医和验尸官办公室普查数据，呈现了MEC办公室用于完成死亡调查的技术现状。该分析表明，新英格兰地区报告的互联网和CMS访问量最多。许多办公室报告称，用于评估和共享案件数据的数据库访问受限且参与度低。服务人口超过25万的办公室更易访问互联网、CMS、数据库和先进成像技术。尽管随着时间推移，MEC办公室的技术使用有所改善，但仍然存在差异。
