Knowledge Prostitution in clinical data
Friday, a client asked me about privacy, data security and social networking in clinical trials. The client told me that they were considering using a physicians‘ portal to market their digital therapeutic product after they completed their pivotal clinical trial. (See my article on 4 strategies to get FDA approval for your medical device ). […]
The Private Social Network for healthcare
In his post on the Pathcare blog, I trust you to keep this private, Danny Lieberman talked about the roles that trust, security and privacy play in online healthcare interactions. In this post, Danny talks about healthcare privacy challenges in social networks and describes how to implement a private social network for healthcare without government privacy […]
The political power of social media
Clay Shirky writes on Foreign Affairs this week Arguing for the right of people to use the Internet freely is an appropriate policy for the United States, both because it aligns with the strategic goal of strengthening civil society worldwide and because it resonates with American beliefs about freedom of expression By switching from an […]
Lies of social networking
Is marketing age segmentation dead? My sister-in-law Ella and husband Moshe came over last night for coffee. Moshe and I sat outside on our porch, so he could smoke his cigars and we rambled over a bunch of topics, private networking, online banking and the Israeli stock market. Moshe grumbled about his stock broker not […]
Configuring email notifications to be friendly but secure
I have commented in the past on the generally low security level of Microsoft ASP.Net web applications which stems from the closed Microsoft monoculture and a product strategy that prioritizes ease of use over security and privacy by hiding features and functionality from the user. In the course of a security audit/penetration test of a […]
Why Rich Web 2.0 may break the cloud
There are some good reasons why cloud computing is growing so rapidly. First of all there are the technology enablers: Bandwidth and computing power is cheap. Software development is more accessible than ever. Small software teams can develop great products and distribute it world wide instantly. But cloud computing goes beyond supply-side economics and directly […]
Data availability and integrity – the Apple/Microsoft version
I have over 2,300 contacts on my iPhone and like any reasonable person, I wanted to backup my contacts. I figure my iPhone wont last forever. Like a fool, I thought it might be a good idea to test the restore process also. The Ubunutu One service based on Funambol doesn’t really work so that […]
Private social networking for healthcare
I think we’re rapidly approaching a point in time where people will pay for privacy. I know that after a super-hot month of August with the house full of kids chain-watching Ratatouille, I would pay someone for some privacy. The privacy controls that governments are attempting to impose on social media and the technical safeguards that […]
Controlled social networking
I saw a post recently on Controlled social networking for student collaboration. One of the comments lamented not having the head count to install technology to control Facebook access by students. Frankly – as a data security and compliance consultant who does a lot of work with corporates in social networking (both on the application side […]
Secure collaboration, agile collaboration
One of the biggest challenges in global multi-center clinical trials (after enrollment of patients) is collaboration between multi-center clinical trial teams: CRAs, investigators, regulatory, marketing, manufacturing, market research, data managers, statisticians and site administrators. In a complex global environment, pharma do not have control of computer platforms that local sites use – yet there is […]
