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Emailing Your Doctor…

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

It seems here in BC, there are doctors conversing with their patients via email, instead of the more traditional in-person style meetings. I love the use of technology to make processes more efficient, and I am fully behind the use of email as a medium between doctors and patients. But the security of email leaves me shaking in my booties…

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Are those files exactly what you ordered?

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

…after all, how would you know?
Batch processing typically involves moving large data files (so called extracts) between systems. These data files include can include financial information, billing information, reports, blah blah blah. The thing I see very often is the verification and authentication of extracts…or rather, the lack of it. I believe […]

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