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An interesting article in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald discusses how healthcare security measures are generally not commensurate with the sensitivity of the data and the incentives that criminals have to illegally gain access to it.
PicSafe version 2.7 has just hit the App Store and Google Play. Among other things, you can now send to the PicSafe Cloud; we have translated the consent screen to 19 different languages, and we now integrate seamlessly with FHIR.
PicSafe enables you to capture photos, video and audio and upload reports to the "PicSafe Cloud". This makes it super easy to get photos from your phone to your computer.
To make it easier to get consent from patients that don't speak English as their first language, the PicSafe app now has the consent screen in 19 different languages.
PicSafe now supports Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR). FHIR is the emerging standard for exchanging health information to and from electronic health records.
Drag'n'drop PicSafe reports from your desktop to the My PicSafe page, and you can view/export them. This is great for those wanting to import reports into medical record systems.
Short answer: It is NOT safe to use WhatsApp to send patient data. But can something be done to make is more secure? Why yes, I'm glad you asked. Before answering how, let's look at the problem.
PicSafe's turn to announce its GDPR Update. We know you're all really excited to read yet another one of these so we will keep it as short and sweet as possible.
PicSafe version 2.5 has just hit the App Store and Google Play. Among other things, you can now send via text message and WhatsApp; there is a new consent screen with video, and we now have DIY enterprise account management.
We have added an "Enterprise" section in "My PicSafe" that allows a manager to purchase enterprise licenses, add/invite users, and generally manage their account. Enterprise users get all the benefits of PicSafe PRO.
Australian Edition.
Summary, video and link to download the guidelines.
Summary and link to download the guidelines.
Summary and link to download the guidelines.