How to access and query the New Mexico Decedent Image Database (NMDID)

Feb 2, 2026

At an RTI FTCOE webinar, Dr. Shamsi Berry (WMed) demonstrated how researchers can use the NMDID data dictionary, run simple and complex queries using Microsoft Access, extract medications using RxNorm identifiers and an NLP tool, and noted download and data-coverage limitations.

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At an RTI International Forensic Technology Center of Excellence webinar, Dr. Shamsi Berry, assistant professor of biomedical informatics at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed), demonstrated how to access and analyze metadata from the New Mexico Decedent Image Database (NMDID) and answered attendee questions on standards, download limits and medication coding.

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