Fred, no big deal. It can be hard to distinguish tone in an email so I probably overreacted a bit too. I admire the work you're doing in the open source healthcare IT field and appreciate your contributions.
-----Original Message----- From: fred trotter [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sat 7/31/2010 12:50 AM To: Masonis, Travis M Cc: Bob Radvanovsky; users Subject: Re: [Djigzo users] Regarding NHIN Direct I see... well then I stand corrected (has happened before will happen again) Apparently, I did not "get" that you both "got" it. I did not mean to be rude and I was certainly presumptive. My apologies. -FT On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Masonis, Travis M < [email protected]> wrote: > All I said was that Djigzo's development in the healthcare arena is > relevant to my interests and somehow I "Do not get it", according to Mr. > Trotter. Sheesh. I'm quite familiar with HIPAA (not HIPPA, btw) and the > ARRA Meaningful Use criteria, thanks. I too am on your side, Fred, but it's > hard not to take offense to your below message. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: fred trotter [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]> > ] > Sent: Fri 7/30/2010 8:00 PM > To: Bob Radvanovsky > Cc: Masonis, Travis M; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Djigzo users] Regarding NHIN Direct > > To Bob and Travis, > > Ummm.. You guys do not get it. > > The United States Government started the Internet by bringing up a core > network and then giving access to that core to academia and industry. > Eventually this morphed into the Internet. This was the transition from the > Arpanet -> Internet. > > Based on that model, the Us Govt is starting a core health information > exchange network called the NHIN, or National Health Information Network. > As > before they will allow private citizens to connect to this core network. > The > data of every veteran treated in the VA, (which is the largest single > health > data system in the United States) will be available from the NHIN. This > will > incent others to hook up and begin exchanging health information. > > Obviously, this new network will simply be a secured network running over > the regular Internet. > > What makes this a "new" network is that it will run on two different > protocols, one is IHE is an is too complex to even get into here, the other > is a secure SMTP standard developed with the NHIN Direct project. The > -only- > parts of the NHIN Exchange (the running network) Will either be the NHIN > CONNECT (an open source implementation of IHE) compatible IHE -or- a secure > SMTP configuration compatible with two open source prototypes that the NHIN > Direct project (where I am a contributor). > > ARRA, the massive stimulus fund to encourage EHR adoption eventually > requires that doctors exhchange information and only via the SMTP in NHIN > Direct or the IHE in NHIN CONNECT. > > In a few years, most doctors and thousands of other healthcare workers in > the United States will be using the secure emails. From the perspective of > ONC, this is the official replacement of the fax machine. > > So it is not a question of "if you can use the SMTP system in a HIPPA > compliant way?" the only question will be "Is Djigzo a NHIN Direct > compatible Secure SMTP implementation?" if it is then I would expect that > it > would be a very popular product. I am willing to help make it that way, but > I do not want to waste my time... which is why I am so pleased by what > Martjin is saying.... > > -FT > > > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Bob Radvanovsky <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > We are already utilizing this to send encrypted messages for sensitive > > information to federal government facilities. It works, and complies > with > > federal FISMA regulations, which works with us and our clients in > > Washington, D.C. > > > > However... > > > > As we also perform work for a client within the Healthcare sector, I > > checked with their information security department, and the verbiage > states > > "reasonable security measures be taken" under the provisioning of HIPAA. > > Essentially, you *could* utilize this program for ePHI file/data > transfers, > > but I would *not* recommend it, due to the legal implications of ePHI > being > > leaked or intercepted during transmission. > > > > Just my thoughts... > > > > Bob Radvanovsky, CIFI, CISM, REM, CIPS > > Infracritical, Inc. - "Your Infrastructure, Their Future" > > [email protected] | [email protected] | > > [email protected] > > (630) 673-7740 | (412) 774-0373 (facsimile) > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Masonis, Travis M" > > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]> > ] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Djigzo users] Regarding NHIN Direct > > > > > > > This subject is relevant to my interests and uses for the product also. > > > I think there is enormous potential for this product in the healthcare > > > arena. > > > > > > Travis Masonis > > > CCNA, CCDA, MCSE, CEH, Security+ > > > Director, IT Infrastructure > > > Noyes Memorial Hospital > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.djigzo.com/lists/listinfo/users > > > > > > -- > Fred Trotter > http://www.fredtrotter.com > > -- Fred Trotter http://www.fredtrotter.com _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.djigzo.com/lists/listinfo/users
