Coroner Case Management Systems – What’s Hot

Written by Frank Worthington
by Dick Hanson

As Coroners and Medical Examiners begin to overwhelm their homemade Access database programs, many have begun to search for the perfect replacement. The field of choices have expanded in the past two years however, when boiled down to a salt, there’s really only two options if you want to include mobile access in your new system; a .NET framework application or a PHP application.

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Jan
06

'Save MySQL' Campaign Gains Momentum

Written by Frank Worthington
Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service

A petition launched in December by MySQL creator Michael ‘Monty’ Widenius to “save” the open-source database from Oracle has quickly gained momentum, collecting nearly 17,000 signatures.

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Jan
06

OBITMAX is a Big Bang for Newspapers

Written by Frank Worthington
By Frank Worthington

New Castle, PA. January 4, 2010 – OBITMAX Newspaper Obituary System provides newspapers with pre-paid, pre-formatted obituary orders directly from funeral homes while automatically providing online obituary hosting. This revolutionary new web based system reduces labor costs, significantly improves cash flow, and opens new revenue streams for newspapers – all at no cost. Read the rest of this entry »

Jan
04

Community Corrections and Web Technology

Written by Frank Worthington
By Frank Worthington

Well, it’s here. If any of you have been in the community correction field in the past 20 years, you knew this day was coming. It’s time to rethink how we supervise probation. We’ve talked about it for years. Our budgets are dropping, our caseloads are increasing, and our resources are dwindling. Now more than ever we must embrace the best practice that says “Put your resources towards higher risk offenders and do less with lower risk clients.” Lets start with the higher risk.

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Jan
04