Privacy and Security on MobileMed

This week's post is concerns the clear problem of privacy and security that MobileMed might face. Considering MobileMed is a medical app-- and medical information and data is kept as the utmost of private manners-- this poses quite a threat to the prospective application. I've outlined a few possible problems or concerns that might arise:

• Easy access to medical information
• Access to past history
• Possible access to social security 
• Problems with failure and/or mis-sending of information due to network issues

Unfortunately, this app wouldn't have the ability to shut itself off when users aren't utilizing it's services, but one thing we can do to protect against identity theft and better protect the privacy of each individual using the app is revoking the ability to be continuously signed in. MobileMed would then be a by-use basis application, requiring sign-in and social security information in order to gain access to the expansive good that this app can provide. Of course, this doesn't protect against identity theft, but we can do our best to combat this as well. Settings would have the ability to monitor your progress from a home computer, showing not only what you want to see about yourself, but tracking what you (or, God forbid, someone else) is doing within our application. Again, unlike most apps, MobileMed would not have the ability to post your information or anything that happens on our app to any site, search engine, nor be saved in the cache as a page that can be accessed without going through our complete sign-in phase.

It's understood that at the base of this application is privacy and security, but these basic measures would be the first steps to what would be an extensive protection against identity theft and information theft. I feel that this application is a viable and resourceful one, and if these precautions were put in place, it would pave the way for an extremely successful, useful, safe, and secure application that the world would love.

-Alex Rajaniemi

Week 1-Entreprenurial Idea

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."
- Steve Jobs, Creator of Apple, Inc.

It's no secret that the world we live in is growing increasingly more mobile in terms of information sharing and accessibility. We have online banking, online gaming, online shopping, and online socialization-- but one thing we lack is the ability to monitor our health on the go. The following is a presentation of the idea for a company that will effectively revolutionize, and more importantly lead, the healthcare business: MobileMed.

MobileMed is a way to link every part of your healthcare package and have it accessible in the palm of your hand. MobileMed would consist of, but not be limited to:

• Past medical records
• Current physical and checkup updates and information
• MRI, XRAY, and CAT Scan image downloads
• The ability to video chat with physicians 
• Health insurance accessibility (with participating healthcare companies)
• Payment ability
• Prescription status and updates

With the majority of the adult world having gone mobile, the time for a medical application that encapsulates all of these abilities is now. Healthcare has been in the headlines in news feeds all over the world from it's political coverage this past spring and summer-- including Twitter and Facebook feeds-- so change is coming in this field. Twitter would act as a marketing ploy and update engine for MobileMe-- Tweeting bug updates, app advances, and even accepting consumer questions and concerns. Because healthcare information is confidential, Twitter would not a be a viable source of information sharing when it comes to actual medical data. This application, which would be made available to Windows Phone, iPhone, Droid, and all other compatible smartphones, would change the way healthcare works and the way we monitor our health everyday. 

MobileMed would combine everything we need to track our health and our healthcare costs on the go. With all of the medical information you need and the ability to share said information with medical professionals will transform this industry forever. We are mobile-- simply put it's how the world is now-- and our health needs to be mobile. With MobileMed, this will all be possible.

-Alex Rajaniemi