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by JunkDNA 2476 days ago
I believe many (most?) US hospitals have switched to secure paging services delivered via smartphone. HIPAA pretty much requires it.
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hxjfbjxbbc 2476 days ago
nope. bust out multimon-ng with an rtl-sdr and listen on 929.625 give or take a few 12.5khz channels, and you will see a ton of PHI.
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xxpor 2476 days ago
In the seattle area, there's still a ton of hospital POCSAG traffic, but no PHI as far as I can tell. Its usually stuff like "go to room 314" or "call 206-blah-blah"
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kitteh 2475 days ago
As of a few minutes ago there is still PHI going out in the air. And this is in Seattle.
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xxpor 2475 days ago
Which frequency were you listening to? I know there's a few different ones.
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Herodotus38 2476 days ago
What kind of PHI are you getting? Is it from first responders or hospital sources?
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kitteh 2475 days ago
Hospital staff. Patient names, hospital record numbers, medication names, dosage amounts, detailed descriptions of their issues (which can be graphic).
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Herodotus38 2475 days ago
Interesting. Are you getting this information using the same method as the parent user I asked?
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