You are being kind. Recent legislation has not only raised the bar, it has imposed necessary restraints and safety points for those that have this information.
In short, from the point of demarc, like your Palm Pilot, your Compaq IQ or whatever, it must be encrypted, to the final point of reception. Then it may be decrypted and used for the intended purpose. Standards are in place to determine these levels, so please go read them. It is not the bandwidth provider's problem to provide security for the user's network, but it does appear that existing laws are requiring the bandwidth provider at the very least, be able to provide a circuit that will allow the minimal amount of encryption PTP required by law. This is meant to say, your network will pass at least 3DES or hopefully 56DES encrypted data end to end. In other words, if your security does not meet HIPPA standards, then it is very likely you will have to answer a lot of questions when the time arrives for the medical institution to describe "HOW" and "WHO" is providing the connections to the various medical facilities they work with. Beware of those that don't really know what they are talking about: particularly a Doctor or his Secretary. Having done this, been there and have a case of T-shirts un-worn yet, for this type of situation to show for it, I am just saying a person should be knowledgeable or very cautious when making decisions that concern records of Individual Privacy. R -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brendan O'Bra Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 4:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [smartBridges] medical security You might want to at least check out HIPAA - http://www.hipaa.org/ Recent legislation has raised the bar on this a bit. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patti Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 2:34 PM Subject: [smartBridges] medical security > Is anyone using wireless to allow hospitals to transmit data to and from > remote locations via your network? Or perhaps the visiting nurses > association to have the nurses upload the data from the car when they finish > a home visit? I know the security involved would be considerable and > wondered if anyone else was doing this? > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://198.63.203.6
