Tuesday, August 2, 2005

Bush Signs Medical Error Database Bill

by damonp on August 2, 2005

in Uncategorized

Bush Signs Medical Error Database Bill

How to handle secure data?

  1. Access only through approved/compatible applications
  2. Multiple levels of access depending on credentials and need:
    • Application View (ie. me, my delegated recipients)
    • Application View/Modify (ie. nurse)
    • Application View/Modify/Delete (ie. doctor)
    • Raw Data (ie. root access)
    • Statistical View (personal identifiers scrubbed)
  3. Controls for requesting and approving access (ie. to my insurance company)
  4. Detailed audit logs of who is accessing

Is it possible? I can’t imagine a feature where it doesn’t exist, but I don’t see it being a smooth road ahead.

Control of my data needs to be put back into my hands! Why should medical file clearinghouses and credit bureaus be making money of my information. They exist to sell a product they can’t rightly own.

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Apple’s Tiger vs. Windows Vista: Who Comes Out Ahead?

by damonp on August 2, 2005

in Technical

An odd comparision between a shipping product and a pie in the sky. We’ll see what actually is included when it ships. As long as they both keep raising the bar, everyone should win. Remember how boring the late ’90′s were with ’95 and ’98 and no real competition?

Apple’s Tiger vs. Windows Vista: Who Comes Out Ahead?:

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2 August 2005

This summer’s series of travels is finally over. Arrived home from Buenos Aires Saturday afternoon. Nice not staring at a computer for hours on end for nearly five weeks total now. To recap, I left for Venezuela on 5/11. I had planned to spend about two months exploring Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina. Due to issues [...]

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BetaNews | Claria Works to Change Adware Image

2 August 2005

BetaNews | Claria Works to Change Adware Image Also, in early July a researcher discovered that Claria’s classification within Microsoft’s Windows AntiSpyware had been changed, further fueling speculation. Eric Howes at Spyware Warrior discovered the changes during a test and found that Dashbar, Gator, PrecisionTime and Weatherscope had all been switched from a “Quarantine” classification [...]

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