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Healthcare is a mission critical business and they need to be responsible when purchasing capital equipment including of course, software. If it doesn't operat
by davidf18 9y ago
Healthcare is a mission critical business and they need to be responsible when purchasing capital equipment including of course, software. If it doesn't operate properly for example, in the US there could not only be patient harm or disclosure of their private information, the firm could be liable for malpractice or HIPAA (law regarding health record security) the later two can have financial consequences as well as direct patient health consequences.
Running on an unsupported and even if supported, not updated, software, invites failure and nobody can feel that their health records are secure.
Airplane maintenance for a Boeing or Airbus is very expensive, but you have to do it. The same may be true of devices and software in healthcare. Still need to do it right.
I don't see the alternative. Do you?