ERAS collects data to help medical schools compare their students with a national applicant pool and allow programs see how their applicants compare. S ecurity - of official documents and confidential information is an essential aspect of ERAS' design. Each Workstation is password protected. Records are encrypted before being sent from the Dean's Office. Transcripts are sent in a tamper-resistant binary format.
Programs can keep applicant files stored in an encrypted format.
Users cannot alter a document that they did not originate. Finally, whenever a transmission is made to a program, notification is sent back to the Dean's Office. Using this technology, security on the Internet will far surpass any of the common forms of document transmission. E asy - ERAS uses the friendly point and click graphical interface of Windows . Busy deans, program directors, and staff will not have to memorize long strings of commands and confusing communications protocols to access the information they need.