Re: [Oscarmcmaster-bc-users] internet access
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From: my f. <myf...@ya...> - 2008-05-22 05:01:10
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John, I agree that you should not have to jump through impossible hoops. The house analogy again; you would use a key to unlock the front door, key in a code to disable the alarm and perhaps use another key or number sequence to open the safe to get to your passport. Sounds like a lot of hassle to me, but we are all comfortable doing it. Luckily, accessing your (seasonably secured) Oscar can be easier than this. With a USB stick, you will be able to access Oscar through a firewall with just a few clicks. If you loose your USB stick, you can simply change the firewall passwords, get a new stick and you are good to go again. Ask your vendor to set it up for you. johnchwk ----- Original Message ---- From: John Yap <joh...@sh...> To: The OSCAR BC UserGroup list <osc...@li...> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 8:10:48 PM Subject: Re: [Oscarmcmaster-bc-users] internet access I don't object to security. I just want to be able to access my data, without jumping through impossible hoops - which was my experience with the FHA's set-up with Meditech. It was so complicated, that I would have to write out my passwords on paper, in order to get through - so how safe is that? I like the idea of a USB key though. Will have to look into that further. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "my fly" <myf...@ya...> To: "The OSCAR BC UserGroup list" <osc...@li...> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [Oscarmcmaster-bc-users] internet access > Security is not an all or nothing affair. Every layer of protection helps > prevent you having to answer to having patient's data exposed. > > You can liken it to your passport, which you keep in a locked safe which > is kept in a locked house, which in turn has a security system. Even > though your house is not impenetrable, your passport is more safe than if > it were left lying on the table with the front door open. > > No software is bug-free and no system is 100% secure. Even if Oscar were > 100% secure, other software (e.g. Tomcat, MySQL, ssh etc, etc) might > enable a hacker to access your system and your patient data. Every layer > of added security simply makes it a little harder to breech your system. > > Oscar is designed to be an EMR, not a firewall. It does not have "2 layers > of security". > > The NSA has been hacked > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/03/21/hackers_claim_nsa_breach/ > Why not just take a few precautions, for the sake of your patients? > > johnchwk > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: John Yap <joh...@sh...> > To: The OSCAR BC UserGroup list > <osc...@li...> > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:56:05 PM > Subject: Re: [Oscarmcmaster-bc-users] internet access > > Thanks to all for your comments. I have found my wireless Macbook and > iMac > (both relative new) run wirelessly as fast as my PC hooked directly to the > router. I think I'll forgo the static IP (can always add it later), but > will use the NOIP or DynDNS solution. I'm a little intimidated by all the > firewalls and tunnels. I feel like in a bunker now! I briefly attempted > to > use the Fraser Health's VPN access to Meditech a few years ago. This, > after > many years using simple phone dial-up with modem, which allowed us to > access > labs/xrays/etc from the hospital system. Then, because of security, they > went the internet route, and you needed VPN access, a keyfob ID# > generator, > and about 3 levels of passwords. Well - it worked. Very secure. I > couldn't not ever sign in!! I gave up after a month. > > Do I really need so many layers of access security? I thought OSCAR > already > had 2-levels built in? > > I intend to use remote access from home some times. Hopefully, not so > much, > if I can get all the paperwork done at the office, which is one of the > reasons I need an EMR, with voice dictation - Quentin's quite right about > this! > > Thanks again everyone! > > John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jel Coward" <je...@wi...> > To: "The OSCAR BC UserGroup list" > <osc...@li...> > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:55 PM > Subject: Re: [Oscarmcmaster-bc-users] internet access > > >> James Busser wrote: >>> >>> The alternative to paying for (and having to remember) a static IP >>> address is to use a free or premium "dynamic DNS redirection service" >>> such as that available from www.noip.com . They provide a small piece >>> of software (an "update client") that you can put on your server >>> which regularly "checks" its own IP address (in case it has been >>> changed) and "publishes" that address for example to >>> drjohnyap.noip.com. That way, when you try to connect from away, you >>> would not need to know the actual IP, you would only need to point >>> your browser to drjohnyap.noip.com >>> >>> >> http://www.dyndns.com/ works very reliably for this - and integrates >> well with most routers that sit between your server and the outside >> world. The router updates the service with its outside world IP address. >> >> I have used that service for years without a blip. >> >> I know that some support companies just set this up for you - so you >> don't have to worry. >>>> Shaw charges an extra $15 per mo for this, over the basic >>>> Entrepreneur Package of $50 per mo. The cheapest Telus package >>>> (ADSL) is >>>> about $67, but does not include a static IP address - I'm sure that >>>> could be >>>> added, for a small fee! >>>> >> I have never bothered with a static IP. >> >> >> Regarding ISPs - we have Telus adsl at home - which is horrible in the >> evenings but ok the rest of the time. >> >> We have shaw cable in the office (they just took it over from mycoast) - >> and since the takeover it has been horrible too! I am trying to find >> time to speed test it a few times and then complain to Shaw - I have >> heard of others who have done this and been credited (with more slow >> service probably, but 'owt's better than nowt' as they say in Barnsley. >> >> Cheers >> >> -- >> Jel >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >> Defy all challenges. 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