by medicaltechont | Apr 12, 2014 | Cloud, Healthcare, Software, Technology
The vast majority of those taking advantage of free, open-source software such as OpenSSL do nothing to contribute to its development—and that’s part of the problem.
Every day brings new reports of the threats posed by the Heartbleed bug. But the discovery of Heartbleed has also unearthed a scandal that’s plagued the open-source community for years. The scandal is that giant enterprises are doing nothing to contribute to the development, testing and validation of the free software on which they depend. They are takers, pure and simple. Nothing makes this more obvious than the details revealed by the German developer who was responsible for the bug in the first place, Dr. Robin Seggelmann. Dr. Seggelmann, it appears, was spending his end-of-the-year holiday working to fix bugs in the first version of OpenSSL, the encryption software that was becoming a standard on the Internet. While he was at it, Seggelmann developed a way to create a heartbeat function that could keep encrypted sessions open rather than timing out over time.
Read more at http://www.eweek.com/security/heartbleed-openssl-bug-reveals-the-true-cost-of-open-source-software.html
by medicaltechont | Apr 12, 2014 | Technology
(PRWEB) March 31, 2014
Presenting the top 3 reasons why all hospices need to fully automate workflow to meet demanding regulatory compliance requirements in 2014, Greene Health Care Inc. discusses the various updates being made in to their vendor’s hospice software, including the new Medication Management Solution to satisfy the constantly changing requirements for hospice care in 2014.
Streamlining the various processes involved in hospice care while ensuring that the ever-changing compliance standards are met requires smartly designed, intelligent, and more importantly user-centric EMR software. Greene Health Care clients have moved to an EMR software to automate their workflow while providing a robust reporting system, certifications, admissions, referrals, visit logs, level of care tracking, census tracking, A/R, revenue, medications management, among others. The hospice software also supports clinical charting for all disciplines, provides comprehensive assessments, customizable care plans, staff communications, certification tracking, claims/billing services, customizable alerts, IDG reporting, and a lot more.
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by medicaltechont | Apr 10, 2014 | Technology
The mobile and tech industries continue to expand at an unprecedented rate, and over the last ten years, these we’ve seen these advances making headway into healthcare. A combination of telehealth, ehealth, and mobile health (mhealth) mean patients are increasingly engaged with their own healthcare, and doctors have ever-better tools to make healthcare faster, easier, and more efficient. We’ve profiled 6 mhealth projects, and looked forward to where digital healthcare is going.
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by medicaltechont | Apr 5, 2014 | Privacy, private clinics, Technology, Toronto
Ontario Health Coalition says many clinics are billing patients for medically unnecessary services
Many private clinics in Ontario are misleading patients and billing them for medically unnecessary services, public health advocates charged Tuesday.
A “significant” number of clinics contacted by the Ontario Health Coalition were charging patients extra fees on top of billing the Ontario Health Insurance Plan for necessary procedures, such as colonoscopies, the group said.
One clinic was charging patients $50 “administrative fees” for such things as a snack and patient records, according to OHC, which worked with six university students to conduct the research.
Such fees were more common among cataract clinics, which were charging patients hundreds and even thousands of dollars for medically unnecessary tests and procedures when they came in for needed surgery, said OHC’s executive director Natalie Mehra.
Clinics are manipulating patients, who are confused about what they need and what they don’t need, she said. Some patients they spoke to were concerned that if they refused to pay extra fees, that they would get substandard care.
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by medicaltechont | Mar 20, 2014 | Canada, Cloud, Hardware, Technology, The Internet
If you think you don’t have data security issues, you’re probably wrong. In a survey by the Ponemon Institute, 94 percent of health care organizations reported a data breach in the past two years. The firm pegged the cost of such breaches in the U.S. at close to $200 per record.
That would amount to no small drain on the system. Breaches involving more than 29 million patient health records have been reported to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services since 2009, according to a February 2014 study by IT security firm Redspin.
And there’s no sign that the risk will subside anytime soon. Quite the opposite, in fact. Experian wrote in a recent report: “Healthcare, by far, will be the most susceptible to publicly disclosed and widely scrutinized data breaches in 2014.” That’s in part because as the industry grows, so does its “attack surface.” Understandably, health care professionals prefer to focus on looking after their patients. But organizations that encourage every team member to think a bit more like an IT security analyst stand the best chance of avoiding data breaches and other IT problems.
See more at: http://medcitynews.com/2014/03/6-health-risks-cant-afford-ignore/
by medicaltechont | Mar 19, 2014 | Google, Samsung, Software, Technology
Through its relentless innovation and discovery, Samsung Electronics West Africa has introduced into the smart phone econ-system Samsung Galaxy S5 with a built-in heart rate sensor that enables new features in the S Health 3.0 app, as well as a finger print scanner that puts it on par with Apple’s TouchID feature on the iPhone 5S.
The new product which is compliant with IP67 dust and water resistant will be available in the global markets next month.
With the enhanced S Health 3.0, the new Galaxy S5 offers more tools to help people stay fit and well. It provides a comprehensive personal fitness tracker to help users monitor and manage their behavior, along with additional tools including a pedometer, diet and exercise records, and a new, built-in heart rate monitor.
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The vast majority of those taking advantage of free, open-source software such as OpenSSL do nothing to contribute to its development—and that’s part of the problem.
