If I never have to deal with hospital IT systems again

[jerrymrc]

It's not so much an HL7 issue as it is a "No, we won't re-write our software to fit your security policy. Open the damn port between the two servers if you want your $100,000 + software to work. If you don't, it won't work. I don't care, since we've already cashed your check..."

When all the fun started in 2002 or so for me it was the issue of the patches and updates being way faster than the MFG's.

Once company's started using "winders" OS then every update had to be approved not to interfere with the program. FDA issues made the normal medical software environment obsolete compared to how fast the IT world was moving. I remember being told that if a patch was not installed by next week that one of my servers would be in the hallway.

It has got somewhat better but entertaining none the less. I had a company ask last year for access and I told them while this could be done that it would be cheaper and faster to fly a guy out from FL to look at it firsthand.

The big issue is Doctors see the accessibility that some company's push and when you tell them that no, you can't just look at it from anywhere because of the security issues they just get mad. This is the main reason I want to kill salespeople sometimes.

[cfortune]

I have to go to New York to install a second redundant fiber circuit in our remote office that holds 8 f'n sales people. The T1 we gave them just wasn't enough for their Pandora and YouTube. Of course they want it active/active too and it terminates in a firewall. I have a week to come up with some policy based routing that will work for them. Can't wait... Even better is that the company is making me pay for it all and expense it when I get back.

[gnihcraes]

50 some odd new laptops arrived today. The fun begins for me. 200+ Dell desktops on the way. I've got job security through September I believe. Not Medical, but just as bad probably.

[King]

^ Dang. Have fun configuring all of those

[cfortune]

Our CEO just went out and bought Macs for all the C level execs. It's created quite the fuss. Our NAS doesn't play nice with them.

[gnihcraes]

^ Dang. Have fun configuring all of those

That reminds me, I need to transfer about 5 gigs of Ghost images through the network tonight.

Our end of year catch up - many systems are behind in our replacement process. This is only a partial of the shipment. I believe agency wide we ordered around 500 laptops and 1000 desktops.

Not looking forward to all the work. I've got one of the largest shipments and locations to handle.

[gnihcraes]

Our CEO just went out and bought Macs for all the C level execs. It's created quite the fuss. Our NAS doesn't play nice with them.

Thankfully several of our key systems don't work on the MAC OS. Whew. Otherwise we'd be doing some switching over too probably.

Ipad's are driving us nuts enough.

[King]

That reminds me, I need to transfer about 5 gigs of Ghost images through the network tonight.

Our end of year catch up - many systems are behind in our replacement process. This is only a partial of the shipment. I believe agency wide we ordered around 500 laptops and 1000 desktops.

Not looking forward to all the work. I've got one of the largest shipments and locations to handle.

Ahh, so you use an image for the config. that ought to save some time

[cfortune]

We gave our help desk guy a lab where he has his own isolated PXE server and network. He can PXE boot from an image to 24 laptops at once.

[reno316]

The big issue is Doctors see the accessibility that some company's push and when you tell them that no, you can't just look at it from anywhere because of the security issues they just get mad. This is the main reason I want to kill salespeople sometimes.

There's an old joke in my department about Sales and Implementation. One person from each team were hiking together in the mountains, and got stranded by a freak snow storm. They were cold, hungry, freezing... when the Sales Dude struck on the idea: "Let's kill a bear! Lots of meat, warm fur... We can do it!"

So presently the Implementation Guy s building a roaring fire to cook the bear, when the Sales Dude comes running full speed into camp, bear hot on his heels, and screaming to Implementation "Open the tent! Open the tent!!"

Opened the tent, Sales dives through, zips the back flap of the tent, zip the front of the tent, and the Sales Dude takes a deep breath, hucks the Implementation Dude on the shoulder and says...

"OK, you take it from here. I'm going to find us another bear..."