ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 April 1978
Page Count: 17

NOMIS: A Computerized Information and Communications System for a Statewide Medicolegal Investigative System
Reddish, CA
Engineer, Digital Equipment Corp., N. Mex.

Fullilove, JP
Systems analyst, and professor of pathology and medical examiner, The University of New Mexico, N. Mex.

Weston, JT
Systems analyst, and professor of pathology and medical examiner, The University of New Mexico, N. Mex.

(Received 18 July 1977; accepted 2 September 1977)

Abstract

The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator was created by the New Mexico State Legislature in a series of statutes which became effective on 1 July 1973. The comprehensive nature of this legislation and its subsequent statewide implementation created a unique opportunity for the effective use of electronic data processing for augmenting the functions of the office. Accordingly, preliminary planning was begun early in 1975 with the employment of two part-time programmers and the placement of equipment orders. Preliminary system development and programming was accomplished before the delivery of the equipment in June, 1976.

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Paper ID: JFS10775J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10775J
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