samglass09

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   by samglass09 7mo ago

   Health NZ adopted Snowflake. It was about costs/fancy tech. We have always had data centres. Nobody *needs* snowflake. They could have used Apache Spark.
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   by samglass09 7mo ago

   Very little protections. The entire medical records of a significant percentage of the NZ population were stolen recently and put up for sale online. Zero consequences for the medical practices who adopted the hacked software.
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   by samglass09 7mo ago

   Meanwhile they are pushing AI transcription and note taking solutions hard. Patients are guilted into allowing the doctors to use it. I have gotten pushback when asked to have it turned off. The messaging is that it all stays local. In real