[Leica] Ipad_Pages

[spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng)]

Technology is a tool which should serve your end. A Leica M or an iPad is no 
different. :)

Can you clarify your question? If you are filling out a form/template on 
your iPad with some data and synching the data later back to your computer 
(PC or Mac) via a USB cable later, you don't need encryption since nothing 
is transmitted over the air. 

If you are using iCloud to do your synchronization, your data is fairly 
safe. Whether iCloud storage can meet HIPPA requirements is a different 
question for which I don't have an answer to. Figuring out the answer to 
that question is expensive.

If what you are worried about is loosing your iPad, the simplest solution is 
to put a PIN lock on your iPad and enable the "10 wrong PIN guesses, erase 
content of iPad" option. That should protect against casual thieves 
accessing your patient data. 

If the NSA/FBI is after the data on your iPad, just give them the PIN. ;-)

Regards,
Spencer

On Dec 29, 2012, at 23:14, Leon Pomeroy <drleonpomeroy at verizon.net> wrote:

> How we chase technology, all at once, and for good reasons. Apple profits! 
> I
> use pages. I download  templates to pages. I fill them in with data 
> visiting
> patients. I later synch Ipad to PC or MAC later and transfer data. Don't 
> use
> pages as word processor. Question: how might one encrypt this procedure?
> (i.e., software?). I don't use pages as word processor. Dr. Leon Pomeroy,
> Northern Virginia, USA