Information Systems at the Service of the Medical-legal System in Colombia

Purpose: The article presents a reflection on the evolution and importance of information systems available to the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences that support the medical-legal system in Colombia. Description: Their evolution is described from the recording of manual information in books to the introduction of the computer and the first uses of software tools as an aid for the expert service; and how information systems have become a strategic response not only for the appropriate management of the information generated by different mission processes, but also as an essential input for the administration of justice and decision-making by the State. Approach: The foregoing is based on the authors’ professional experience in engineering and information technologies governance at the Institute, based on the information and feedback received from system users and colleagues, and the interaction with authorities and consumers of institutional information. Conclusions: A projective view is proposed so that in the short and medium term the information systems supporting the medical-legal system become a source for the implementation and application of strategies and methodologies such as business intelligence, big data and data mining, among others.

• Autores: Ferreira Pérez, Sandra Patricia; Palacio Castillo, Ricardo
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2017
• Institución: Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UCC
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.ucc.edu.co:20.500.12494/44354
• Acceso en línea: https://revistas.ucc.edu.co/index.php/ml/article/view/2248; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12494/44354
• Palabra clave: big data; forensic sciences; information; data mining; expert service; information systems; big data; ciencias forenses; información; minería de datos; servicio pericial; sistemas de información; big data; ciências forenses; informação; mineração de dados; serviço pericial; sistemas de informação.
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Derechos de autor 2018 Colombia Forense