Wednesday, May 07, 2014

Not Exactly High-Tech/Or Up-To-Date. Flowers Hospital Still Uses Windows XP OS. Made in the 90's - Released in 2001 - Discontinued April 8, 2014. Nixon Has Resigned. Help Me Rhonda. - TheMeck


Flowers Hospital Computer with Windows XP OS - May 6, 2014.
The info I have: All the Computers at Flowers Hospital run on Windows XP. (About 2800 computers I believe) -- Meck

April 8, 2014: Windows XP service discontinued, user data at risk - CNBC.com/Althea Chang -- Microsoft has carried out long-term plans to end customer support for its Windows XP operating system, and that could leave financial and health-care information stored by businesses vulnerable to hackers.
Read More:
http://themeck.blogspot.com/2014/05/april-8-2014-windows-xp-service.html 
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May 5, 2014: Lawsuit filed in Flowers Hospital identity theft - Dothan Eagle - Jim Cook - excerpt: The suit says Flowers willfully and negligently violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to take proper steps to safeguard patient information. The suit says patients’ could be at risk for identity theft and fraud for years as a result of this failure. The suit also alleges Flowers invaded the plaintiffs’ privacy by failing to secure patient information.
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