Patient Just Wants To See Data From His Implanted Medical Device 262
An anonymous reader writes "Hugo Campos got an implanted cardiac defibrillator shortly after collapsing on a BART train platform. He wants access to the data wirelessly collected by the computer implanted in his body, but the manufacturer says No. It seems weird that a patient can't get access to data about his own heart. Hugo and several medical device engineers are responding to live Q/A on Sunday night on such topics via ACM MedCOMM webcast at ACM SIGCOMM."
Makes some degree of sense... (Score:5, Funny)
While security through obscurity isn't a good approach I figure with something such as a that you'd want to take every step you can to make sure as little information gets out about it as possible.
Next year on defcon - learn how to hotwire your neighbour! Literally! From your android device! (or iphone, but you have to be jailbroken and pay 99c for the app. But it comes with a jump-o-meter to measure how high he jumps.)
he wants to hack his own heart (Score:5, Funny)
the dude is probably thinking of tampering with the device's firmware settings and increasing his own pulse so he can go on a rampage around town like in that movie "Crank"
This is why... (Score:5, Funny)
20120420 08:00:24 VENTRICLE TEST OK
20120420 08:00:25 AORTA TEST OK
20120420 08:00:26 BATTERY TEST OK
20120420 08:00:27 0MG GR0W B1GG3R P3N1$ 1N 3 W33K$!
20120420 08:00:27 CHINA HANDBAG SHOES FASHION LOWEST PRICE
20120420 08:00:27 MEET SEXY SINGLES IN UR AREA
20120420 08:00:27 URGENT FROM WELLS FARGO BANK ACCOUNT RESET!
Re:His doctor should be entitled to the data, peri (Score:4, Funny)
This is particularly true in psychiatric medicine, where past therapists are required to pass on notes to future therapists, but patients don't necessarily have the right to read the notes themselves.
I don't see how that would help a paranoiac.
Re:His doctor should be entitled to the data, peri (Score:4, Funny)
He is not a psych patient so all his healthcare info legally belongs to the him...
How do you know? May be, he was just having a panic attack and they implanted an Altoids Tin Can into his chest to trigger the Placebo effect.
Re:Unsurprising (Score:3, Funny)
Does this mean if I want an abortion, I need permission from whoever owns the genetic material of my womb? I guess that would be the fertility pill corporation.
No, that would mean your son/daughter; and as soon as they are old enough to legally grant you permission to do so, you can get that abortion.
No, that would be an aggressive uterine tumour which should be excised as early as possible in order to prevent many years of mental, emotional and financial trauma. Such tumours are the primary cause of many chronic social ills, including SUV's, sitcoms and stick-figure-family rear window stickers.
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