On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 6:43 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't imagine the hurdles involved, but if this comes to fruition (which I > actually doubt), it would sure make all of us suddenly more valuable: > > http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/12/technology/stimulus_health_care/index.htm > > > > We would be in even higher demand than now and have a huge leg up on the > folks who wanted to work in healthcare IT that aren't already in IT. Not > that I want to work in healthcare IT, but it might force other employers to > raise salaries a little to keep their IT guys from jumping ship… > > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
The privacy implications of this are beyond anything we've yet seen. If you though data breaches WRT financial data were bad, just wait until you see healthcare data smeared all across teh intarweb. Worse, the datamining that everyone from insurers to banks to government entities will be doing is, well, just unimaginable. Database Nation indeed. It's not that it couldn't be done without those problems, but I trust the ideas and motives for implementation about as much as I trust vicodin addicts in a hospital pharmacy. Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
