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.

PHP

With the release of PHP 5, PHP is a more appealing technology than ever, offering object-oriented features for building large, sophisticated Web-based applications, with the efficiency of a tool that will get the job done. What’s more, you have as your Web servers solid, reliable Linux-based servers running Apache to bring you performance and unmatched uptime. Which Coroner Case Management Systems are written in PHP 5 and deployed from Linux servers? Only one; M.E. Fieldware™.

What About .NET?

Overall, I would say that whatever you want to do in PHP, you can most likely do in ASP.NET, and vice versa. The problem comes down to deployment. Microsoft®’s .NET applications must be deployed from Microsoft® servers. Microsoft® servers are notoriously slower, less secure, and unreliable when compared to Linux-based servers. Which Coroner Case Management Systems require Microsoft® servers? Forensic Filer, CoronerME, and QUINCYTECH.

Web-Based Coroner Case Management Systems

There are Web-based applications, like M.E. Fieldware, that run completely from a Web server. You don’t need to install anything on your own computers or lap tops. Then there are “Web-enabled” systems where you have to install the software on each computer that you intent to run the system on (and pay a licensing fee for each one). This is another area where M.E. Fieldware has the decided advantage. Because the M.E Fieldware system is written in PHP 5, it’s built specifically to run on the Web. When M.E. Fieldware arrived on the scene in 2006, they immediately leaped ahead of every one of their competitors by offering mobile accessibility, lightning fast data transactions, and better security and overall reliability. The rest of the pack has not gained an inch on them in four years. Yes, some of the competition have since added web access, but none of them have departed from their .NET/Microsoft® environments. Why? My guess would be that there is money to be made from selling user licenses for each individual computer that their software is installed on. M.E. Fieldware allows you to have as many system users as you want at no additional cost. Taken with their superior product, it’s no surprise that M.E. Fieldware is making such a big splash in the Coroner Case Management System pool of offerings.

Cut To The Chase

Blue Wave Data LLC, the creators of M.E. Fieldware, are in their third year with a product that is beginning to garner alot of attention across the country. Why? Because they are the only true web-based Coroner Case Managament System on the market, they have retained every client they’ve ever had, and they continue to acquire clients from their .NET competitors. Clearly something is going terribly right there.

Find out more about the M.E. Fieldware Coroner Case Management System by visiting www.meprogram.com.