Would iris identification, voiceprint identification or fingerprint identification get over all these obstacles? jon patrick Quoting Wal Tracey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Stephen > Have a look at > > http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/providers/online_initiatives/ > electronic_referrals.htm > > This details the requirements for electronic referrals, pathology & > radiology requests. All require an individual certificate > > GP may require to use his individual certificate smart card in any of > the following locations > You would need to cart your card or USB key with you in the following > possible situations- > Consulting room > Treatment room - if it has a workstation > Branch practice > Nursing home > Hospital > Home visit > Residence - to do all the paperwork instead of watching TV or > drinking beer > Multiple practices in the case of floating locum > > This creates potential for mislaid cards > Card may also be lost , stolen or left at home and if you do not have > access to your card then you cease to communicate electronically > > I phoned HESA to ask about the lost card scenario and they said that > in this case they would send one by courier. I pointed out that this > may still take 2 days for Darwin or worse still for remote areas > They then muttered about letting Divisions distribute cards as they > now do for location certificates. This still does not deal with the > lost card in remote areas. > > Our practice would need a card reader in 5 consulting rooms and 2 > treatment rooms as well as a card reader for each of the 6 doctors > for use at home - their web site said they will only supply one card > reader per doctor > > I predict that there will be considerable resistance to the use of > card readers by GPs and even greater resistance from specialists. > The proposed changes to level 1 PIP payments for IT require GPs to > be capable of sending and receiving encrypted messages > > Surely we can come up with some better technology. > Could we not have a location certificate which authenticates the > practice and incorporate a log on PIN for doctors > I would rather memorize a 25 digit alphanumeric PIN than use their > card readers. > > HESA still does not have a Mac compatible card reader & I have > suggested to them that Mac users should take legal action in view of > the new PIP requirements claiming professional & financial disadvantage. > > Wal > > > On 23/01/2006, at 10:03 AM, Andrew N. Shrosbree wrote: > > > Stephen, > > > > Argus 4.1 (in testing right now) automatically signs all messages > > with the sending site's location certificate. The receivers of such > > signed messages have the option to configure Argus to reject an > > incoming message unless it has been digitally signed. Verification > > is done by going straight to HeSA in real time when a message is > > downloaded by the receiving site. Argus also checks HeSA's > > Certificate Revocation Lists to confirm that the signing > > certificate has not been revoked. > > > > You are correct: for HIC purposes, personal certs (smart card) must > > be used. My team is about to re-integrate into Argus the ability to > > perform personal signing. We left these modules dormant since 2003 > > because of a lack of clarity regarding how personal signing was > > going to be implemented in practical terms. The theory was great > > until cold, hard practical reality hit us all. > > > > Regards > > Andrew > > > > S+C Barnett wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Andrew, > >> We are just looking at the ability to sign pathology and > >> specialist letters. > >> For HIC purposes, I gather they have to be signed by the personal > >> certificate ( ie dongle) or has this now changed? > >> I'd be interested to hear if this can be done with location certs. > >> Stephen > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Andrew N. Shrosbree [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 1:53 PM > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] Digital signage with Terminal services > >> > >> > >> Does your business requirement demand personal signing? > >> I ask this because we have implemented the ability to sign with a > >> location certificate - gets around the need for physical devices. > >> > >> S+C Barnett wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>> Hi List, > >>> Our 7 doctor practice runs off Terminal Services. Even if we have > >>> an app that allows us to do digital signage of referrals to > >>> specialists/pathology using PKI personal keys on USB, where do we > >>> put the 'dongle' ( so to speak!)? > >>> > >>> The only answer I can think of is to put the USB into the server, > >>> but that's in another part of the building, and would have to be > >>> left in all day.....hardly drastically secure. > >>> > >>> I suppose the other option is to keep the certs in the server, > >>> but have secure password access to your own USB cert ( kind of 2- > >>> factor........)? > >>> Any other thoughts? > >>> Regards > >>> Stephen > >>> Stephen Barnett B.Med MRCGP FRACGP DCH (Lond) > >>> > >>> > > -- > > Andrew N. Shrosbree B.Sc, B.Ec > > Technical Director > > ArgusConnect Pty Ltd > > http://www.argusconnect.com.au > > Suite 4, Greenhill Centre, Mt Helen > > Victoria, Australia > > Tel: +61 (0)3 5335 2214 > > Mob: +61 (0)415 645 291 > > Skype: andrewshroz > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gpcg_talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > > > > > > Wal Tracey > Norpalms > 25 Barker Road > Howard Springs > > Ph 08 89831416 > Fx 08 89814752 > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Jon Patrick Chair of Language Technology School of Information Technologies University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
