tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10485390.post5122165944964502485..comments2024-03-01T03:17:37.454-05:00Comments on Dalai's PACS Blog: The Needs Of The Many Outweigh The Needs Of The Few...Dalaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775491711029994911noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10485390.post-8317901595190655762011-05-10T17:19:51.533-04:002011-05-10T17:19:51.533-04:00"You are assuming that EVERY disk has a virus..."You are assuming that EVERY disk has a virus on it that will bring down your precious system, and I'm assuming that every disk has life-saving information on it. I win. Period."<br /><br />I am assuming no such thing. You are simply too narrow-minded to understand that there is a middle ground. It's not black and white. There are solutions that best serve the patient first and foremost, the radiologist second, and IT third without creating undue risk.<br /><br />You're arrogant like most doctors. You can't see that there are options out there that accomplish your goals through a different method. If you want to be head of IT, do it. But being an arrogant armchair quarterback who thinks he knows better like a teenager doesn't serve to better patient care, it just serves to inflate your already large ego.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10485390.post-31624374949964026862011-05-08T09:05:51.050-04:002011-05-08T09:05:51.050-04:00"audacity of dopes" _ LOVE it. this phen..."audacity of dopes" _ LOVE it. this phenomonon needed a moniker. It is very widely applicable.<br /><br />Here is the problem IMHO - there is a potential virus problem - the response is to shut the system. The response should have been to get their butts in gear and protect the system while at the same time allowing access. Much easier to simply say "we don't do that" and go for coffee. <br /><br />In our system, though, we do not (usually) look at outside CD's on the workstation. They are taken to a central place and quickly placed in PACS. I assume there is virus protection enabled during the data download. This way, there is protection AND we can read the OS studies much more efficiently with the software we are accustomed to.Dr.Sardonicusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10485390.post-89473055450661886552011-05-07T11:41:39.514-04:002011-05-07T11:41:39.514-04:00A simpler solution to the problem might be to have...A simpler solution to the problem might be to have a standalone computer. absolutely no network attachments, to open these disks on and review. Comrade Stonn might even have one lying around in his office gathering dust. <br /><br />The problem that you will next encounter is that some disks are not readable, defectively burned. Sorry, can't help you there.<br /><br />Maybe in 20 years we'll all be storing data in the "cloud". Then this thread can be deleted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10485390.post-69092122025085332102011-05-06T13:59:03.891-04:002011-05-06T13:59:03.891-04:00Sorry. You guys and Comrade Stonn are not grasping...Sorry. You guys and Comrade Stonn are not grasping the reality of the life and death situation you are outlining. You are assuming that EVERY disk has a virus on it that will bring down your precious system, and I'm assuming that every disk has life-saving information on it. I win. Period.<br /><br />Now, if you had actually read what I posted, instead of going off on a Socialist IT rant (We know far better what you need than you do..) you would see that I actually agree with all of you in the end. By all means, make this process safe. Install virus detecting software (although you will still have to deal with the scenario of important data on an infected disk.) <br /><br />If (God forbid) <i>your</i> child was brought in to the ER with a disk that had information critical for her survival (and I'm in a better position to determine that than you are), would you voice these same objections? Answer honestly, now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10485390.post-64149197855317433752011-05-06T11:28:08.429-04:002011-05-06T11:28:08.429-04:00sorry Dr. Dalai. Mr Stonn is absolutely correct a...sorry Dr. Dalai. Mr Stonn is absolutely correct about the security danger of having autorun enabled. A viral infection of your PACS system would inconvenience you and your patients far more than what you are experiencing now. The auto scanning of your incoming CD's is a good and much safer alternative (though even that is not perfectly safe either....)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10485390.post-48708087378145686752011-05-06T00:41:13.468-04:002011-05-06T00:41:13.468-04:00What if that CD you loaded for that one patient ha...What if that CD you loaded for that one patient had a virus that caused the PACS to go down subsequently causing harm to other patients who could be in the same medical situation?<br /><br />Sorry, you're wrong on this. What you need is a process to be able to safely load these CDs, not a John Wayne attitude where you think you know better, because you don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com