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From: Linda Hungerford on 7 Feb 2010 22:34
Firstly, yes, I did try to research this question on the net, but am
too much of a beginner to understand what I am looking for.

Task at hand is to try to use the MacBook Pro to access the domain,
then email and electronic medical record (EMR) being used at work.
The EMR is based on Visual Fox Pro. I DO have administration's
permission to do this, btw. {{money is tight in the "forgotten
stepchild of medicine" aka psychiatry, and admin would prefer to not
have to buy another computer}} And, If I can solve this problem, I
can use my laptop at several other facilities using the same program
(though with site-specific modifications).

Where do I start? Can this be done from the Mac side, or do I need to
switch over to the WinXP side (through Parallels).

Depending upon which partition I would be using, how do I proceed?

The IT guys at the site to which i am referring do not speak Mac at
all. We tried to access the domain from the WinXP partition, but
neither one of us knew enough to succeed at this.

thanks....
Linda H.
From: Linda Hungerford on 7 Feb 2010 23:21
On Feb 7, 10:05 pm, Michael Vilain <vil...(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> In article
> <135a6c6c-1b94-4ff0-b25f-2cedfc5c2...(a)g28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
>  Linda Hungerford <tallgrassprai...(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Firstly, yes, I did try to research this question on the net, but am
> > too much of a beginner to understand what I am looking for.
>
> > Task at hand is to try to use the MacBook Pro to access the domain,
> > then email and electronic medical record (EMR) being used at work.
> > The EMR is based on Visual Fox Pro.  I DO have administration's
> > permission to do this, btw.  {{money is tight in the "forgotten
> > stepchild of medicine" aka psychiatry, and admin would prefer to not
> > have to buy another computer}}  And, If I can solve this problem, I
> > can use my laptop at several other facilities using the same program
> > (though with site-specific modifications).
>
> > Where do I start?  Can this be done from the Mac side, or do I need to
> > switch over to the WinXP side (through Parallels).
>
> > Depending upon which partition I would be using, how do I proceed?
>
> > The IT guys at the site to which i am referring do not speak Mac at
> > all.  We tried to access the domain from the WinXP partition, but
> > neither one of us knew enough to succeed at this.
>
> > thanks....
> > Linda H.
>
> You'd better have the company's permissions to electronically access
> these records, since it's a HIPPA violation to make them available in an
> unregulated way.  Check with your boss before you proceed.  Seriously,
> you don't want to mess with this.  It will open you and your practice
> and your partners up to a world of hurt.  Serious federal government
> hurt.
>
> If they haven't setup the system to allow for remote access, you're
> done.  So find out if others are doing this and how.  Some electronic
> patient record systems are secured by not allowing remote access.
>
> My guess is if it's being done, it's some form of a Virtual Private
> Network (VPN).  MacOS X has several options there.  Some require a
> secure ID dongle to generate a one-time password to login.  Find out
> from your IT guys how a PC would do it and report back here.
>
> --
> DeeDee, don't press that button!  DeeDee!  NO!  Dee...
> [I filter all Goggle Groups posts, so any reply may be automatically by ignored]

DID YOU NOT READ WHAT I WROTE?????

I was directly hooked into the same wire that had been pulled out of
the Dell laptop I was using moments before, with company IT standing
right there, and having gotten Administration's blessings to do this
previously.

Yes, they allow remote access.

And I am the provider of record, so HIPPA is not an issue here.

Linda E. Hungerford, M.D.
From: dorayme on 7 Feb 2010 23:26
In article <vilain-8DE805.20055107022010(a)news.individual.net>,
Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote:

> In article
> <135a6c6c-1b94-4ff0-b25f-2cedfc5c25cb(a)g28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
> Linda Hungerford <tallgrassprairie(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>

> > I DO have administration's
> > permission to do this
> >

> > The IT guys at the site to which i am referring ...
> > We tried to access the domain from the WinXP partition, but
> > neither one of us knew enough to succeed at this.
> >
>
> You'd better have the company's permissions to electronically access
> these records, since it's a HIPPA violation...

This moralism, taken to this length, (after the OP's assurance)
is like a disease! You and JR go to the same church every Sunday?


> ... Find out
> from your IT guys how a PC would do it and report back here.

--
dorayme
From: Jolly Roger on 7 Feb 2010 23:30
In article
<135a6c6c-1b94-4ff0-b25f-2cedfc5c25cb(a)g28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
Linda Hungerford <tallgrassprairie(a)earthlink.net> wrote:

> Firstly, yes, I did try to research this question on the net, but am
> too much of a beginner to understand what I am looking for.
>
> Task at hand is to try to use the MacBook Pro to access the domain,
> then email and electronic medical record (EMR) being used at work.
> The EMR is based on Visual Fox Pro. I DO have administration's
> permission to do this, btw. {{money is tight in the "forgotten
> stepchild of medicine" aka psychiatry, and admin would prefer to not
> have to buy another computer}} And, If I can solve this problem, I
> can use my laptop at several other facilities using the same program
> (though with site-specific modifications).
>
> Where do I start? Can this be done from the Mac side, or do I need to
> switch over to the WinXP side (through Parallels).
>
> Depending upon which partition I would be using, how do I proceed?

I would imagine you would need the Visual Fox Pro program to access the
data, right? If so, then unless you obtain a Mac version of that
software, if one is available, you'll need to run Visual Fox Pro in
Windows. So you'll need to do your work in Windows XP.

> The IT guys at the site to which i am referring do not speak Mac at
> all. We tried to access the domain from the WinXP partition, but
> neither one of us knew enough to succeed at this.

I'm unclear why your IT guys wouldn't know how to configure your Windows
XP installation to connect to the Active Directory domain (assuming
that's the domain you're talking about). After all, Windows XP is
Windows Xp - it doesn't matter at all that you happen to be running it
within a virtual machine. Tell your IT person to set up Windows XP as he
would if it were on a standard PC.

--
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JR
From: Jolly Roger on 8 Feb 2010 09:58
In article <vilain-0762D3.21222007022010(a)news.individual.net>,
Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote:

> Jolly Roger recommended that you install Windows on your
> Macintosh and treat it like a PC. Given your level of expertise, you
> can do this most easily by installed BootCamp. You'll need to buy a
> retail version of Windows and any PC software needed to connect remotely
> to your system, then install and setup BootCamp, Windows, and the
> software.

Actually, I was under the impression Windows XP was *already* installed
in a virtual machine such as Parallels or VMware Fusion. Personally, I
recommend installing Windows in VMware Fusion because that way you won't
have to reboot the entire machine just to run Windows applications.

--
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