What is Alcestis?

• Alcestis is an internet-based mortality data collection system that provides medical examiners and coroners with the ability to electronically manage case information using a cost-effective system..   

• The primary purpose for Alcestis is to create a nationwide, comprehensive, and uniform database for use by county medical examiners, coroners, health departments, state agencies and researchers. 

• Online application follows the Death Scene Investigation Report (DSIR) used by scene investigators.

Benefits of Alcestis

• Alcestis provides resources and technical assistance to users of the system. A number of pre-defined reports are available on-line through the database website.   

• Participating offices have the ability to electronically enter, track, retrieve, and update cases while incurring none of the development or maintenance costs of creating a custom database. Using the Internet to enter data eliminates version control issues and installation problems. 

• Alcestis can be customized to meet the individual data collection needs of medical examiner and coroner offices.

Interested in Alcestis?

To learn how Alcestis can meet your needs, or to schedule a demonstration, please contact Joan Moore at 517-324-8396 or email at jmoore@mphi.org
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