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Not sure why you are being downvoted. But I don't expect clinics in a country without something like HIPAA in place to be overly cautious about such things.
by binarymax 9y ago
Not sure why you are being downvoted. But I don't expect clinics in a country without something like HIPAA in place to be overly cautious about such things.
- phil21 9y agoIn the country with HIPPA I would absolutely bet quite a lot of money that this is the norm as well. I've now debugged (as a well known patient) two computer systems for local clinics - and they were completely and entirely owned from the ground up. They saw this as completely normal/routine (as in - "oh man, call the IT guy - we've been infected again!"), and I watched as they would minimize whatever medical records app they used with my info in it to pull up the toolbar-laden IE to run my credit card via an on-line processor. Luckily in those cases it was typical malware/botnet infestation. All it takes is the wrong person/group to come across that secretary's workstation that is almost assuredly connected to the same network the random medical equipment and storage is as well. Security/IT in general in healthcare is a complete unmitigated disaster. Everyone focuses on hospitals (for good reason) - but those are typically far better ran than your local plastic surgery/lasik/clinic practice.