Ambulance communications

[Handsome Robb]

Think: what security/HIPPA issues arise using mobile radio nets if they are uncoded or analog?
For that matter, after the British tabloid hooraw, are plain old cellphones secure enough?

No identifying patient information is broadcasted on the air, just age, sex, C/C, interventions, vitals if they aren't "stable", and ETA.

It's HIPAA not HIPPA. Sorry, pet peeve

 

[traumaluv2011]

Our budget is kind of low, so we only get radios if we show up to the most calls, which makes sense. The only thing quite dumb is the lack of communication we have with police officers on scene prior to any of our members showing up on scene. That would help so that we could get a precise location of the patient, have them start an initial assessment, put on oxygen, etc.

We have their channel in our radios, however the radios are only programmed to hear, we can't actually talk on them (makes sense though) and their portables don't even have our channel in them.

 

[NomadicMedic]

Think: what security/HIPPA issues arise using mobile radio nets if they are uncoded or analog?
For that matter, after the British tabloid hooraw, are plain old cellphones secure enough?

There is no HIPAA violation for using a radio to make a base station contact.

And really, if someone wanted to find out where the call was and who the patient is, there are plenty of quicker ways to do it.