The one hospital I worked with was very strict as far as what their requirements were for remote connections...I worked for a consulting firm which dealt with local doctors offices and it was actually a two tier setup...the doctor would VPN into their own office, and then that office had a fiber link to the hospital. Each stage of the connection had a separate authentication to get through, in addition to whatever login the individual program had...
How do you think that more and more hospitals are able to monitor your vitals from their nurses' station rather than having to walk into each room and check the machines themselves? Some hospitals (especially in their OB department) even have it set up so the doctors can log in (usually via a VPN and citrix) to monitor their patients from home, and only actually come to the hospital when necessary.
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The one hospital I worked with was very strict as far as what their requirements were for remote connections...I worked for a consulting firm which dealt with local doctors offices and it was actually a two tier setup...the doctor would VPN into their own office, and then that office had a fiber link to the hospital. Each stage of the connection had a separate authentication to get through, in addition to whatever login the individual program had...
How do you think that more and more hospitals are able to monitor your vitals from their nurses' station rather than having to walk into each room and check the machines themselves? Some hospitals (especially in their OB department) even have it set up so the doctors can log in (usually via a VPN and citrix) to monitor their patients from home, and only actually come to the hospital when necessary.