Going Paperless ???

[FoxtrotOscar]

Just more food for hackers... I particularly don't want my data and personal info all over the void of the internet...

And it will happen...

[Omegaham]

Just more food for hackers... I particularly don't want my data and personal info all over the void of the internet...

And it will happen...

This is a valid concern; greater efficiency for collecting, organizing, and interpreting data also means better efficiency for unscrupulous people to collect data for their own purposes. All you need is to write a Perl script, something like this:

foreach @names
{
print FH join(' ', $_, collectdata($_);
}

sub collectdata($)
{
... (Insert collection method here)
}

and you just copied everyone's name and all the data associated with it into a regular text file. No skill required, just some basic programming knowledge to get the file format down.

You aren't going to get that sort of efficiency with a paper system. What's a guy gonna do, break into a library full of filing cabinets?

However, the paranoid among us can be glad that identity theft is decreasing in both frequency and amounts lost due to the credit card companies wising up to how fraud is committed. I'd much rather have a slightly increased chance of fraud than the increased cost of having a paper filing system. Paperless filing means a lower cost for care.

You can prevent the above stuff by instituting proper security for handling those files. Encryption, strong passwords, and controlled access are very safe when used correctly. I'd never put that sort of information on the Internet; that's just retarded. Keep the system internal, fax or e-mail data to other hospitals if stuff needs to be transferred.

[jp2usmc]

I am sorry but I cannot thank this pos, apoligizing, two-faced, * for ANYTHING he says he has done!!!!!!!!!!! * him and his circue of clowns

SEMPER FI,

Hey Sarg,

New policy - or, maybe rules about enforcing the policy.

You can't be doing that. The boss says these word censors are in place for a reason, not for people to find clever ways around them.

[ecom]

My orthopedic surgeon has the paperless system. he enters everything on a ipad type device...and then it all goes up to the front desk when I check out for my next appointment..

At work, we have about two dozen tablet computers that run Windows 7. The users love them because they are connected to the wireless network. The line workers can enter data into the mainframe/centralized database while away from their desks and make it available for administrative staff immediately.

[ecom]

This is a valid concern; greater efficiency for collecting, organizing, and interpreting data also means better efficiency for unscrupulous people to collect data for their own purposes. All you need is to write a Perl script, something like this:

foreach @names
{
print FH join(' ', $_, collectdata($_);
}

sub collectdata($)
{
... (Insert collection method here)
}

and you just copied everyone's name and all the data associated with it into a regular text file. No skill required, just some basic programming knowledge to get the file format down.

You aren't going to get that sort of efficiency with a paper system. What's a guy gonna do, break into a library full of filing cabinets?

However, the paranoid among us can be glad that identity theft is decreasing in both frequency and amounts lost due to the credit card companies wising up to how fraud is committed. I'd much rather have a slightly increased chance of fraud than the increased cost of having a paper filing system. Paperless filing means a lower cost for care.

You can prevent the above stuff by instituting proper security for handling those files. Encryption, strong passwords, and controlled access are very safe when used correctly. I'd never put that sort of information on the Internet; that's just retarded. Keep the system internal, fax or e-mail data to other hospitals if stuff needs to be transferred.

I have seen the systems of one company that does outsourced IT for medical organizations and all I have to say is that it was a mess. They had their terminal servers exposed directly to the Internet for example. I would have expected a VPN requirement or Citrix instead. I just cringed when I saw they had RDP open to the Internet as well as port 21 and 22. If it were for a honeypot, that's one thing, but it's not.

At work, every laptop we issue is fully encrypted AES256 just in case the laptop is lost and it contains sensitive information. A lot of times they won't contain sensitive information but we cannot take that risk. A great concept if not for the human factor. We require users check in with us once a quarter, and I've seen more than a few laptops with at sticky attached with the user name and password.

The other human factor is that some employees don't want company issued laptops because they don't want to go on record as having lost a company laptop so they ask us to set up their laptops for access. Unfortunately management will happily kowtow to these users and even give them giving them VPN meaning they can copy sensitive data to their non-encrypted machine. Since I am prohibited from encrypting those personal laptops...our info sec just goes out the door.

[jp2usmc]

I have a complete product management system in place that requires each employee to first log in using their company badge before an item can be scanned.

If an item is NOT scanned at a particular location, either a supervisor must provide an override (scanning their badge to authorize it) or the item must go back to that location to be re-tested.

Most of the scanning is done on Windows Terminals (Windows XP like), all data is stored on our internal SQL database, and about 10 Windows Mobile devices are carried around the plant to do spot inspections where a wall outlet is not feasible.

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[thewookie]

I like it -- going paperless. As long as they can get the security down. Aah, but they have

---> Pretty soon at the FBI academy they will no longer be issuing textbooks to new agents -- they will all get new Ipads issued to them. Same thing for new agents at FLETC. Imagine the cost savings. Any updates to material can be pushed out to the agents electronically, they don't need to lug around (and possibly lose) multiple heavy books. It's a no brainier if you ask me.

The last company that I worked for which does Iris Recognition has developed an application for the "FBI Ipad" that takes an iris scan, or requires an iris scan to get access to the Ipad.

The iris is much more unique than a finger print, it's faster, more accurate, non intrusive -- it's the most unique identifier on the outside of the human body. It's really three fold security requiring a positive iris match, a positive fingerprint match and a positive facial recognition. You can't beat that.

They are doing the same thing for the healthcare industry and even though I don't work for that company anymore, I am a small investor in it and I can't wait until it takes off even more.

They have a mobile app for the Iphone called MORIS that law enforcement uses currently, similar to the BAT system being used in Iraq and Afghanistan to recognize and identify people based on iris, face, or fingerprint.

Before I left the company they were having high level discussions with lots of people from the Department of Defense to replace the BAT.

http://bostinno.com/2010/11/22/popular-science-names-iphone-crime-fighter-moris-a-best-innovation-of-2010/