Good idea as long as "tablet" includes Android phones, iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad.
The iPad was the new hotness at HIMSS (big healthcare IT show) this year. I'm on the fence as to which device is the best for a given application. There is a strong argument from the doctors and high level staff to use the devices they have rather than having to use a shared employer-owned device like their assistants and nurses. It also gives the sales goons at conventions and excuse to buy iPads and give them away in exchange for sitting thru sales presentations. Also can you get the IT staff comfortable with supporting OpenVPN on devices? How does the OpenVPN authentication work on a mobile device? Do you sign into the device, sign into the VPN, then sign into the application? You're going to lose most users at the 2nd login when they have to have a decent VPN password. SSO is an option, but again will it be supported on tablets and will it be supported by the applications they need to use? Many applications support LDAP, poorly. Token based authentication could work, but still presents hurdles. RSAKeys are good as are OpenID dongles. Can you make it work on a tablet? These technical challenges aren't impossible but when you consider the adoption hurdles you have in even a modest clinic, it starts to get really sticky. On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Andrew Latham <[email protected]> wrote: > OpenVPN on the tablets... Its easy, scalable, secure and you can log > connections... > > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Simón Ruiz <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hey, I was asked a question by my father-in-law about what sort of >> hardware he might use to connect WiFi tablets to their medical >> office's system specifically to interact with their EMR software, >> which means legally sensitive information would need to be transmitted >> wirelessly. >> >> Does anyone have experience with the practical/legal implications? >> >> What level of security, or what type of security scheme, would be >> appropriate for this type of use-case? >> >> I understand it's dead easy to crack WEP encryption, and not too hard >> to crack WPA, so most consumer level devices would be dangerous to try >> to use, right? >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Simón >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fwlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >> >> This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this >> in mind before posting. >> > > > > -- > ~~~ Andrew "lathama" Latham [email protected] ~~~ > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org > > This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this > in mind before posting. > -- ----- Jonathan Bartels _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this in mind before posting.
