Something to think about when using confidential data with patient records, better make sure it is encrypted for sure. Also, many network administrators have also disallowed the use of portable USB drives on company computers as well. If there are certain individuals that need this access...
Security story of the week, this is big, but under control, well somewhat. He took control of the San Francisco City WAN (wide area network), reset passwords to the switches and routers and has refused to hand them over. The City has not yet recovered control of the city’s network. ...
Hard Hat Area: Health IT – One of the best benefits, protection from SQL Injection attacks from web applications and of course explicit logging . With technology and the exploits growing at such a rapid pace today outsourcing to the specialty companies who make this their #1 priority and...
A couple weeks ago I had a couple posts referencing the partner ship with Anthem Blue Cross with utilizing their data bases for such a project as well...The new FDA white paper, titled "The Sentinel Initiative -- A National Strategy for Monitoring Medical Product Safety," ... totally amazing...
Posted to
The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
by
The Medical Quack
on
05-22-2008
Filed under:
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, My Commentaries, Genomics, healthcare, Health IT, Security, FDA, clinical trials, Medicare Part D, HL7, data bases
Very good article addressing medical devices and the certification processes...they are not bullet proof as this is work in progress, although we would love nothing better than to have this guarantee, but the fact of the matter is it simply is not there...reality set in...and the device makers are working...