O enigma que vale 1 milhão de dólares

O desafio é simples de explicar. Peter Schweizer, um dos principais especialistas em criptografia, criou um sistema que tem como objectivo proteger dados e arquivos de ameaças externas, nomeadamente de hackers.

O responsável diz que o Permanent Privacy é indecifrável e, para o provar, desafia os utilizadores a tentarem quebrar o sistema. Quem conseguir será premiado com 1 milhão de dólares, uma recompensa simpática para um desafio que, à partida, seria tão simples.

Este sistema, que ainda está a aguardar o registo de patente, pode ser “desvendado” por qualquer utilizador. Para isso, é necessário comprar uma licença do software no site oficial, por 39 dólares, e começar a tentar a sorte.

Fonte: Sapo Tek

I Workshop em Informática Médica

Os alunos do 4º ano do Ramo de Informática Médica, do Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biomédica, que se encontra sob alçada do Departamento de Informática da Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho, estão a organizar o 1º Workshop em Informática Médica, a realizar-se a 23 e 24 de Julho de 2008, no Campus de Gualtar da Universidade do Minho.

Página do evento

HOWTO Plan, Develop, Install and Set Up an Hospital Information System

Choosing the best manual to help someone else on the difficult journey of setting up an Healthcare Information System / Hospital Information / HIS is, by itself, no simple endeavor. But, if we had to pick a single book on the subject, it would certainly be the World Health Organization’s time proven manual:

Setting up Healthcare Services Information Systems: A Guide for Requirement Analysis, Application Specification, and Procurement, ISBN 9275122660, edited in 1999 by PAHO (Pan American Health Organization) - a branch of the World Health Organization (WHO).

This manual was assembled from the contributions of dozens of knowledgeable and experienced collaborators and according to its editors:

“This book discusses the implementation of information systems and the application of information technology in terms of the requirements in health care services, and provides a comprehensive review of information systems and information technology solutions.”

“contains practical guidelines and suggestions to be used by healthcare and systems professionals when embarking in the initial stages of planning and developing healthcare services information systems and information technology (IS&T) applications.”

From the manual:

• “A successful implementation is one that promotes and supports the institution’s ability to execute its plans and meet its goals.”
• “Organizations are discovering that successful information systems implementation in the health services institution requires a firm understanding of the organization’s overall strategic plan.”
• “A health services information system has the purpose of improving the overall performance of the institution.”
• “The system being implemented must be recognized as a strategic tool and corporate asset that represents an investment in the organization’s viability. “
• “A technology that is appropriate to an advanced, sophisticated user such as a large teaching institution in an urban area may not be appropriate for an emerging health services organization in a rural setting.”
• “The social and economic context must always be considered along with issues related to availability of resources and personnel, health information infrastructure, sustainability and continuity of the decisions, and appropriate flow of financial resources.“

Artigo: http://e-healthexpert.org/node/436

Livro da OMS: http://www.virtual.epm.br/material/healthcare/frame1.htm

Europe sets goal of EHR interoperability by 2015

Europe is setting its sights on the interoperability of electronic health records by 2015. The European Commission on July 2 issued a recommendation on cross-border interoperability.
Source: Healthcare IT News

As implicações dos “electronic health record (EHR)” na medicina personalizada

Este artigo, relata as implicações no futuro do EHR, sua standardização e sustentabilidade para caminharmos para uma “Medecina Personalizada”. É um artigo bastante interessante, onde o encontrei depois de procurar neste site: http://www.ihe.net/About/index.cfm

Recomendo-o vivamente, pois tem muita informação sobre a Saúde e as TI…

OpenMRS!

Segue notícia interessante sobre um sistema de registos médicos de código livre, aberto e em uso:
«OpenMRS^® is a community-developed, open-source, enterprise electronic medical record system framework. We’ve come together to specifically respond to those actively building and managing health systems in the developing world, where AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria afflict the lives of millions. Our mission is to foster self-sustaining health information technology implementations in these environments through peer mentorship, proactive collaboration, and a code base that equals or surpasses proprietary equivalents. You are welcome to come participate in our community, whether by implementing our software, or contributing your efforts to our mission!»

Google Health aberto ao público

Viva.
Citando uma notícia do Slashdot.org:
«Several readers noted that the limited pilot test of Google Health has ended, and Google is now offering the service to the public at large. Google Health allows patients to enter health information, such as conditions and prescriptions, find related medical information, and share information with their health care providers (at the patient’s request). Information may be entered manually or imported from partnered health care providers. The service is offered free of charge, and Google won’t be including advertising. The WSJ and the NYTimes provide details about Google’s numerous health partners.»

Aqui está mais uma iniciativa da Google a acompanhar com atenção…

Eventos na área da Saúde

Segue lista de eventos com interesse ou futuro impacto na área da Saúde:

• Semana da Biotecnologia
• Technology Open Day: Health & Food Technologies

Parecem vir a ser interessantes…

Patentes de animais (Monsanto x “porco”)

Citando uma notícia da Greenpeace publicada em 2005:
«Monsanto Corporation is out to own the world’s food supply, the dangers of genetic engineering and reduced biodiversity notwithstanding, as they pig-headedly set about hog-tying farmers with their monopoly plans. We’ve discovered chilling new evidence of this in recent patents that seek to establish ownership rights over pigs and their offspring.»

Recentemente o assunto teve desenvolvimentos e surgiu no Youtube uma reportagem interessante e perturbadora sobre o caso da eventual patente do “porco” pela Monsanto Corporation.
Recomenda-se a visualização…

Interface Saúde - Entrevista a Rui Gomes

A Interface Saúde publica na sua newsletter uma entrevista a Rui Gomes (Director de Sistemas de Informação do Hospital São Sebastião)