Healthcare Wireless and Device Connectivity

BluStor and Integra Systems for Healthcare Authentication

Working with BluStor, Finis Connor and company to develop the next generation security authentication for medical device and log on identification.

Please find the latest information at this site.

http://blustor.co

Secure Biometric Platform for Healthcare Records and Medical Device Authentication

Integra Systems, Inc., (Dave Hoglund) has received notice of filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office surrounding new design models for medical device authentication surrounding the following.

- Dimensions same as those of a credit card Bluetooth 4.0/BLE in dual mode.
- High performance and energy efficient processor 7816-3.
- USB smart card interface,
- Mass storage up to 8GB
- Ultra thin rechargeable lithium ion battery with recharging mechanism via the USB/ISO 7816-3 interfaces and conductive mat
- Java Card OS (JCOP) GlobalPlatform to support secure downloading of new applications after the card is deployed in the field.
- Support for multi-factor authentication via on-card flash storage and match-on-card verification for fingerprints, facial, handwritten signature, and iris.
- Symmetric encryption of bulk data via the AES algorithm.
- Hardware cryptographic engine to facilitate PKI based applications including asymmetric encryption and digital signature generation and verification.
- Regulatory compliance for the United States, Europe, and other countries as required.

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EPFL/Integra Systems and Wireless Medical International Strategic

Integra Systems, Inc. will be meeting with a well on the way start up from www.epfl.ch in the fall Lausanne, Switzerland. We have worked hard to help this unique medical device engineering entity to connect the dots with their major league cross the chasm technology via strategic partners in the United States. We are honored to be a part of their growth.

www.epfl.ch

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Wireless Network Integration Firms

Over the past years I have seen multi-billion $ and million $ companies market their competencies in the wireless domain. A majority of these firms started in the "networking end of things" and with the advent of 802.11b being approved in 1999, delved into "wireless" as perhaps another practice.

Understanding the nuances of RF is not so much learned by walking around with software on a laptop and conducting a site survey. It take years of knowledge, field experience, and learning just what makes a WLAN or other wireless medium work. Seen my share of "wireless science projects" turn into major train wrecks.

So in searching for that firm, be sure to go beyond that they are a "partner" of a certain technology provider or that they can provide a performance contract. Ask the tough questions.

What has been their experience on similar projects? In healthcare have they been able to point to references where they have implemented complex and technical designs?

Do they have the dedicated technical resources?

How do they conduct a WLAN design for an existing building or a "new" non-constructed building? How will they validate that design for "quality of service"?

Are they trying to "boil the ocean" and make claims about we do everything in "wireless"?

Look at their business perspective? Are they approaching this from a consultative process to help engineer everything for the best operational aspects of your application? Or are they just trying to sell you hardware?

How much do they invest in staff training and certifications? What are their specific wireless certifications?

Smart Phone Usage via VoIP Healthcare

While I agree that 95% of folks out there have either and IOS or Android device that they carry, it just may not be the ideal use model for WLAN voice over IP (VoIP) in healthcare.

Learned a few things years ago when at Symbol about mobile radio performance via the WLAN. Not all WLAN radio chipsets or modules were designed for a highly mobile environment where you had to maintain a very secure enterprise connection while in motion and roaming from AP to AP. The roaming algorithms determine a lot. Having Wi-Fi Alliance approval does dictate actual performance, it is more about interoperability.

Smart Phones were primarily designed for cellular use, with the after thought of putting in a WLAN radio. Think of the early on issues with one manufacture and the internal antenna placement.

Another aspect of using consumer devices for a voice over IP connection is also about power longevity of the device. This depends on the device when the WLAN radio is on and dependent upon using either PSP or CWA modes. In CWA the current drain is fairly extensive and having to change batteries or re-charge during a shift is pretty much not acceptable.

While there are cases that protect impacts; any device should at least be rated for
IP-56.

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While this article is a few years old, it was written very well. (Provided detailed article of previous DAS Forum). It provides good business and technical architecture design requirements. Definitely not written in a marketing way. It is posted on www.thedasforum.org (Now HetNet). Pay attention to Page 4 and the considerations about WLAN combined with a Distributed Antenna System.

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Integra Systems Web Site and Email Address Change

Over the course of the next few days we will be launching our new web site. Part of the rationale behind this improver overall operations, security, and to provide added content.

The URL will remain the same at www.integrasystems.org

The new email address will be dhoglund@integrasystems.org

Medtronic to Purchase Covidien

Talk about a mega merger in the medical device industry!

Medical Grade Mobile Medical Device Application Testing and Deployment Guidelines

This paper was authored on the behalf of www.ixiacom.com to define the requirements, testing, design, and deployment for mobile medical device applications. It has been previously described on this blog; but has major relevance with the current convergence of applications in the medical mobility space. The content is based upon decades of field experience we have had in WLAN deployments and mobility device management.

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Mobile Security Authentication for Healthcare

Over the past years I have thought about how to create a mobile and secure authentication platform for patient data. A lot of this IP comes from being in the clinical space in the 80's.

While filing some IP, I ran across this company called BluStor. Over the past few weeks we have had several discussions with Finis Connor Founder and CEO. Integra Systems, Inc., desires to help Finis drive forward in the healthcare vertical as we see multiple applications both inside and outside the four walls of the hospital. We see huge upside potential and look forward to making things happen in a big way.

Connor is a serial entrepreneur having founded Seagate in 1979 and having created the first 5.25 in hard drive in the Macintosh. He later started a company called Connor Peripherals and developed the now common 3.5 inch drive for personal computers. in 1990, Connor Peripherals set a record by reaching $1.337 billion in sales in four years without acquisitions, making it the fastest growing manufacturing start up in U.S. History.

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