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In retrospect doesn't seem like a very big surprise that they would resort to something like this as Practice Fusion was initially launched as free for a long t
by r_singh 7y ago
In retrospect doesn't seem like a very big surprise that they would resort to something like this as Practice Fusion was initially launched as free for a long time, and costed only $99 per month later.
One should be increasingly wary of using free software for crucial applications and sensitive data. Being HIPAA compliant isn't enough.
There's a regulatory body called POC3 (https://www.poc3.org https://www.poc3.org) for communication device (and software) providers who make money from pharmaceutical ads to lay down ethical guidelines. Hopefully a body like this should be formed for partnerships between pharmaceutical companies and EHR (& similar) software products too.
- swiley 7y agoI think you mean free as in free beer and software as in software services. IMO the medical industry could use more free as in freedom software, and that may be an alternative way to prevent things like this.
- BlueTemplar 7y agoI prefer "libre". (Sorry, Indians, you'll have to learn some French...)
- skwb 7y agoThe healthcare industry is VERY conservative. Even the thought of moving EHR hosting to the cloud was a huge effort. Things in this industry are simply done at a different pace. Even digitization of medical records required millions of dollars in federal incentives (the carrot), and even more money at stake for not adopting (the stick).
- inetknght 7y agoHow would free as in freedom software prevent this from happening?
- TeMPOraL 7y agoSomebody would've removed the bullshit popup and gave doctors that fixed version instead. Also, the culture around free software and the culture around such abuse doesn't intersect much.
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