by
Robert Garment, Executive Editor | November 05, 2014
From the September 2014 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
HCBN: Can you give us an example of some of the safeguards you employ?
EM: Sure, cyber security involves the challenge of giving the physician access to get the records they need as expeditiously as possible, while protecting the patients from having their information accessed or hacked. But some of the solution is also fairly straightforward. For example, in order to get access to an implanted device, the ‘bad guys’ would have to be very close to the source, they have to be right next to the person’s body. The communication, by design, only goes a very short distance – so it is not like some unauthorized person can program a pacemaker from a mile away.
HCBN: And finally – what exactly is a Master Black Belt?
EM: We actually have two separate programs where that term is used, “Lean Six Sigma” and DRM, which stands for Design|Reliability|Manufacturability. A Master Black Belt is someone who can work with the executives – someone who understands the key goals of the organization and helps achieve those goals using the rigorous methods In terms of software, product and process development.
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