AMBLER, Pa., July 8 PA-NetReach-software
AMBLER, Pa., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Drexel University's School of Public
Health has launched the National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency
Preparedness for Culturally Diverse Communities. It's the first national
online database of resources focused on preparedness issues as they relate to
racial/ethnic diverse populations. The fully content-managed web portal uses
cmScribe's new advanced software tools designed to deliver thousands of
annotated and cross-referenced resources.
Dr. Dennis P. Andrulis, associate dean for research at the Drexel
University School of Public Health and the director of the school's Center for
Health Equality -- who also serves as the principal investigator on the
clearinghouse project -- chose NetReach as the technology partner to architect
and develop the site and web database in December 2007. The project is funded
as part of an initiative of the Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
The modern, secure and encrypted browser-based applications produced using
the new tools are familiar and easy-to-use. Jonathan Purtle, Health Policy
Analyst on the project said, "We were extremely impressed with how user
friendly the site is to update and maintain. We've been busy making changes to
the clearinghouse and adding resources since our tutorial. I can't get over
how easy it is to add new resources!"
The eagerly anticipated site was designed and deployed in under five
months. It offers the opportunity for the School of Public Health to bring
together national, state and local resources to promote innovation,
information exchange and program development across the spectrum of
preparedness priorities. The website features:
-- Resource management and editing
-- Submittal of resources from outside parties
-- Resource browsing capabilities
-- Powerful search and filtering capabilities
NetReach created a set of application building tools to handle complex
relational database projects within cmScribe-going beyond competitive content
management systems (CMS). The tools provide flexible, extremely rapid
prototyping and deployment of manageable, easily updated, scalable web
database applications based on the .NET platform. These browser-based
applications enhance productivity and interactivity through Web Services and
provide centralized transaction processing and maintenance with distributed
clients; which is especially helpful in the case of Dr. Andrulis's
international team of researchers and analysts who collaborate from various
geographic locations.
"Our experience developing similar projects and complex data-driven
applications provided us with the insight to create a system that can quickly
deploy and manage applications in half the time of custom development
methods," according to Stephen Bouikidis, Executive VP of NetReach, "The long
term cost of ownership is significantly lower due to zero code maintenance,
and the easy-to-update nature of the system."
About the National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for
Culturally Diverse Communities
The mission of the National Resource Center is to provide a central and
comprehensive database of resources and an information exchange portal for
individuals, communities, government, emergency personnel, first responders,
health care providers, public health professionals, researchers, businesses
and policymakers to advance emergency preparedness and eliminate disparities
for racial and ethnic communities across all stages of an emergency event.
http://www.diversitypreparedness.org/
About NetReach
Developers of cmScribe web-based content management system (CMS),
browser-based software that allows non-technical users to build and maintain
highly dynamic websites. Built on the .NET 2.0 platform and is
programmatically compliant with W3C and Section 508 of the Americans with
Disabilities Act. cmScribe uses a generous role-based licensing scheme and is
currently deployed in mid-tier applications across diverse business sectors.
Information: http://www.netreach.com/330
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