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I'm in healthcare. We have a number of clinical applications that are only officially supported on J6 (and sometimes they even go so far as specifying specific

I'm in healthcare. We have a number of clinical applications that are only officially supported on J6 (and sometimes they even go so far as specifying specific updates that are supported). They actually work just fine on J7, it just requires tweaking a couple of security settings. But getting that across to non-technical managers that have had "You must be running J6u17" beat into their heads by idiot vendors is a bit of a nightmare.

bilbo0s 13y ago
Guy... the non-technical managers understand that the FDA only approved the J6 version of the app. If you want to use J7, you have to resubmit to the approval process. The law is there for a reason. SOME apps it won't matter... like maybe some billing or hospital transportation apps or something... but certainly anything diagnostic in nature cannot be run in a manner in which it was not approved.
- commandar 13y ago
  > but certainly anything diagnostic in nature cannot be run in a manner in which it was not approved. Which is why biomedical engineering and IT are different departments. IT doesn't touch anything that directly touches a patient.
JohnTHaller 13y ago
J6u17 is honestly fine on a machine disconnected from the internet, as would be the case in any critical equipment requiring it. It's even relatively fine on an internet-connected machine with the browser plugin disabled (heck, Firefox automatically disables it for you).
- commandar 13y ago
  >J6u17 is honestly fine on a machine disconnected from the internet, as would be the case in any critical equipment requiring it. One of the applications I'm talking about is a physician portal meant specifically to be used over the public internet.
  - JohnTHaller 13y ago
    > One of the applications I'm talking about is a physician portal meant specifically to be used over the public internet. Ouch. That just screams 'this company doesn't understand security at all'.

bilbo0s 13y ago

Guy... the non-technical managers understand that the FDA only approved the J6 version of the app. If you want to use J7, you have to resubmit to the approval process. The law is there for a reason. SOME apps it won't matter... like maybe some billing or hospital transportation apps or something... but certainly anything diagnostic in nature cannot be run in a manner in which it was not approved.

commandar 13y ago
> but certainly anything diagnostic in nature cannot be run in a manner in which it was not approved. Which is why biomedical engineering and IT are different departments. IT doesn't touch anything that directly touches a patient.

JohnTHaller 13y ago

J6u17 is honestly fine on a machine disconnected from the internet, as would be the case in any critical equipment requiring it. It's even relatively fine on an internet-connected machine with the browser plugin disabled (heck, Firefox automatically disables it for you).

commandar 13y ago
>J6u17 is honestly fine on a machine disconnected from the internet, as would be the case in any critical equipment requiring it. One of the applications I'm talking about is a physician portal meant specifically to be used over the public internet.
- JohnTHaller 13y ago
  > One of the applications I'm talking about is a physician portal meant specifically to be used over the public internet. Ouch. That just screams 'this company doesn't understand security at all'.