title: New electronic device powers hospital employee background checks.
abstract: Ohio has a new electronic system for performing criminal background checks on potential employees. The Internet-based computer program, called WebCheck, was developed through the cooperation of Ohio's Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation and Cogent Systems, Inc., South Pasadena, CA. BCI&I initiated the development of WebCheck in response to Ohio law, which requires background checks on anyone applying for a job involving children and the elderly.
mesh_terms: D003415:Crime / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003628:Database Management Systems; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D004581:Electronics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009820:Ohio; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011996:Records; D012637:Security Measures / Q000639:trends*; D012984:Software