At one time they did go to trucking here and now they are going back to the Med freg's. I think it has to do with all the storms we have here in Florida and to move help into areas and to be able to talk. I know when they did the trucking it just did not work.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Helton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 4:22 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Motorola APCOR >I am in SW Ohio and everyone here in my part of the country has abandoned > MEDCOM based on what I stated before. The hospitals in my area that the > squads communicate to are getting encrypted radios on the trunked system. > I > just attended a radio training class for one of the newest digital trunked > systems to go on line and the legal eagles were very specific about NOT > communicating patient info on clear channels. Their legal opinion was that > it violated HIPPA. I am not aware of anyone in my part of the country that > still uses MEDCOM for that reason. I was an active field paramedic for > over > 15 years and we used MEDCOM exclusively for communications to the > hospitals > including the EKG transmit function but that was way back in the 70's, > 80's > and early 90's. We had the mobile repeater in our vehicles and the MEDCOM > clamshell radio that we took to the patient. We covered a 4 county area so > the mobile repeater was critical. > > > > Steve Helton, N8RTY > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Riley Frazee > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 16:00 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Motorola APCOR > > HIPPA only deals with patient specific information examples are, SOC. SEC > number birth date, name, pts address, pts phone number etc. not their > medical information. you are still allowed to give your medical report > over > the radio, an 85 y.o. female that is complaining of severe abdominal pain > etc. etc..... as long as you do not say her name ex: ms. Jones is > complaining of severe abdomincal pain today etc. etc..... and son on with > your medical.. If you have information about eht federal law on medical > privacy please do email it to me as i would like to see it if there is > such > a law our service would need to update... soon than we had planned thanks > Riley. (Asst. EMS Director) > >>From: "Steve Helton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [email protected] >>To: <[email protected]> >>Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Motorola APCOR >>Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 15:45:41 -0400 >> >>The reason these radios are now coming on the market is that the Federal >>law >>on medical privacy (HIPPA) is requiring the encryption of any medical >>information between the field units and the hospitals. Squads that >>transmit >>patient info in the clear face severe penalties. Some of the squads have >>gone to digital cell phones and some are now going to encrypted radios on >>their trunked public safety radio system as more areas switch to trunking >>system. All of the MEDCOM UHF frequencies are being abandoned since >>encryption is not a provision of the APCOR radios. The only frequencies >>that >>we are still hearing activity on is the two MEDCOM "dispatch" channels >>which >>are being used by the medical helicopters for actual dispatch only >>(location >>coordinates, etc.) but not patient information. >> >> >> >>Steve Helton, N8RTY >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Coy Hilton >>Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 00:24 >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Motorola APCOR >> >>Eric, Wasn't the MX500 at one time, Motorolas Cadilac HT? Did they >>have the same conector problems? We had only one in our entire Fire >>dept. It seemed to have few but weard problems. That goes back 25 >>years. >>73 >>AC0Y >> >> >> >>--- In [email protected], Eric Lemmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>wrote: >> > Al, >> > >> > I picked up a 12 watt APCOR unit a year ago, but have not found >>the time or >> > patience to repair it, let alone try to modify it. The Coronary >>Observation >> > Radios act as vehicular repeaters, and operate on the UHF "Med" >>channels in >> > reverse- that is receive low, transmit high. They are based upon >>the MX300 >> > modules, and use a separate channel element for each frequency. >> > >> > The service manual for the 1 watt models P24ESN3150A and >>P24ESN3151A is >> > 6881021C05, which costs just $ 3.06- an incredible price. The >>service manual >> > for the 12 watt model P44ESN3191A is 6881021C10, which costs $ >>35.37. >> > >> > One of the reasons the APCOR units are plentiful on the surplus >>market is >> > because the MX300 system is plagued with connector problems, sort >>of the Edsel >> > of radio designs. The unit I have was removed from service only a >>few months >> > before I bought it. What's really scary is that it was junk, but >>was being >> > carried on an ambulance in Huntington Beach, CA! >> > >> > I have read a few articles about converting the APCOR into a Ham >>repeater, but >> > none of them spent a lot of print space to extol its virtues. >> > >> > 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY >> > >> > Al Wolfe wrote: >> > >> > > Hi, all, >> > > One of the few Dayton acquisitions this year was a Motorola >>APCOR unit. >> > > Apparently it was designed for medical/EMT use and is supposed >>to be able to >> > > do full duplex. Does anyone have any technical info on this unit >>they would >> > > care to share? It looks like it might make a decent >>field/temporary/portable >> > > repeater. >> > > >> > > Al, K9SI >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Yahoo! 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