Hanzlick R L, Parrish R G, Ing R
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1993 Dec;14(4):334-9. doi: 10.1097/00000433-199312000-00013.
There are many ways of automating medical examiner and coroner offices, one of which is to purchase commercial software products specifically designed for death investigation. We surveyed four companies that offer such products and requested information regarding each company and its hardware, software, operating systems, peripheral devices, applications, networking options, programming language, querying capability, coding systems, prices, customer support, and number and size of offices using the product. Although the four products (CME2, ForenCIS, InQuest, and Medical Examiner's Software System) are similar in many respects and each can be installed on personal computers, there are differences among the products with regard to cost, applications, and the other features. Death investigators interested in office automation should explore these products to determine the usefulness of each in comparison with the others and in comparison with general-purpose, off-the-shelf databases and software adaptable to death investigation needs.
有多种方式可实现法医和验尸官办公室的自动化，其中一种方式是购买专门为死亡调查设计的商业软件产品。我们调查了四家提供此类产品的公司，并索要了有关每家公司及其硬件、软件、操作系统、外围设备、应用程序、网络选项、编程语言、查询能力、编码系统、价格、客户支持以及使用该产品的办公室数量和规模的信息。尽管这四款产品（CME2、ForenCIS、InQuest和法医软件系统）在许多方面相似，且每款都可安装在个人计算机上，但在成本、应用程序及其他功能方面，这些产品存在差异。对办公室自动化感兴趣的死亡调查人员应研究这些产品，以确定每款产品相较于其他产品以及相较于适用于死亡调查需求的通用现成数据库和软件的实用性。
