Kanteron Systems is proud to announce that after extensive testing we can assure our customers that our solutions (PACS, KDS, HIS, KWLS, and KRC) are immune to the Conficker virus that according to the San Jose Mercury News is affecting hundreds of medical devices and systems in dozens of hospitals in several countries. Our systems are indeed immune to any known virus and black-hat hacker intrusions, such as the one that the FBI is investigatingin which a computer black-hat hacker is demanding a ransom of 10 millions US$ in return for over 35 million patients prescriptions in Virginia (USA).
Source: healthimaging.comSenator John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W. Va., introduced legislation last week that will facilitate the nationwide adoption of EHRs.The Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009 will build upon the use of open-source EHRs by the Department of Veterans Affairs as well as the “open-source exchange model,” which was recently expanded among federal agencies through the Nationwide Health Information Network-Connect initiative.“We need advancements in health information technology across the board to improve the quality of care Americans receive,” said Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care.
According to a reportin the Jan. 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
