Category Archives: HIPAA

HIPAA

A Threat Analysis of Networked Medical Devices

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Bob

Here’s an interesting analysis of security threats within a Windows-based hospital network for embedded medical devices: A threat analysis of critical patient monitoring medical devices. The threat models are fairly complex and clearly a product of wider enterprise network IT … Continue reading →

Posted in HIPAA, Medical Devices, Microsoft | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Plunging into Web Development

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Bob

I’ve authored a few web sites. Nothing professionally though. I know just enough HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to be dangerous. Now I’m faced with creating a customer-facing site that has (or will someday soon have) real requirements. Here are a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing, HIPAA, Open Source, Programming | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

HIPAA and EMR Design

Posted on January 3, 2008 by Bob

My last post prompted a comment from Mary Hawking which asked this question: How does the legal framework in the USA influence the design of US EMRs? My answer: The only legal requirements for protecting patient health information in the … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Un-Interoperability

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Bob

Or maybe that should be “non-interoperability”? Anyway, I have ranted in the past about the state of the EMR industry. I thought I’d add a little meat to the bone so you could better appreciate the hurdles facing device interoperability … Continue reading →

Posted in EMR, Google, HIPAA, HL7, Interoperability, Microsoft, PHR | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments