No, you don't have to, but we take security very very seriously. However, we are not a covered entity in the eyes of HIPAA, but we do go above and beyond their guidelines for storing and transmitting patient data.
A previous day job of mine was at a company that does DICOM viewing and transmission. They did/do it pre- and post- HIPAA. HIPAA isn't too bad for software vendors. Just keep your records in order, and follow basic software engineering & security practices. They like to see documentation, especially design docs and test plans.
The FDA comes out every year or two, and of course they keep digging until they find something to ding you on, just so the inspector looks like they're doing their job.
EDIT: I now realize I was conflating FDA certification and HIPAA, though you'll probably have to deal with both while doing DICOM.
Maybe, I won't consider myself a founder until it actually launches. Its not really a startup if you aren't funded and you haven't launched anything, its kind of just an idea that you are working on at that point. So that is where I feel I am at, I am trying to get something off the ground while keeping my dayjob.
I founded Spark::red http://sparkred.com "The Best ATG Hosting Provider", with a couple of partners. ATG is a niche expensive (but amazing) eCommerce software package. All the partners are technical architect type folks.
Heh, it looks far more impressive when I just list URLs. Most of those "startups" were pretty lame side projects, and the one that wasn't was the one that never launched.
I'm a co-founder -- along with my wife and a friend -- of http://www.genlighten.com, an Etsy-like marketplace for genealogy research services. My role includes pre-code IA/UX design, usability testing, customer development, sales/marketing, and general management.
To elaborate: I think we've struck a really good balance at GitHub when it comes to our roles.
mojombo has a background working with distributed systems (at Powerset) as well as in design (he freelanced for a few years). Which means he's our main UI / design person as well as the guy overseeing the "big picture" backend stuff. For instance, right now we're in the process of sharding all of our git repository data to get away from our network file system bottleneck. mojombo's leading that project and it's going great - we should see the plans come to fruition in the near future. He's also the guy that makes changes to the git-daemons and other sysadminy stuff.
pjhyett, one of the other founders, is a seasoned web developer with experience in (among other things) Java and Rails. Which made him the ideal head of our Firewall Install product (since it uses JRuby). He's currently on a trip to NYC to meet with potential FI clients, and is in charge of adding features to it, fixing bugs, basically lording over the product.
schacon isn't technically a founder, but we're a very flat (and small) organization. He's a Git expert so we deploy him on any and all things Git: weird server errors, crazy new projects (like the Fork Queue and Gist), and our issues scaling Git itself. He's currently experimenting with a Cassandra-backed git-daemon to help speed up clones (specifically the "Counting objects" / building packfile phase) and give us the ability to easily put mirrors in other continents.
Tekkub is our customer support expert: he hangs out in irc, on the mailing list, and oversees the help site. He has programming background (we found him because of all his Lua stuff on GitHub) which means he can write his own tools and knows Git very well.
You guys provide an excellent service! We use you guys to host our git repo for http://ridewithgps.com/ -- excited to see what else comes out of your team.
Thanks for the response. I only asked because I had thought of that idea as well and stumbled on how you'd be able to get enough traction to make it work. Chicken and egg problem.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 186 ms ] threadThe FDA comes out every year or two, and of course they keep digging until they find something to ding you on, just so the inspector looks like they're doing their job.
EDIT: I now realize I was conflating FDA certification and HIPAA, though you'll probably have to deal with both while doing DICOM.
Previously co-founder of http://eve-usa.com
PS: not listing projects I launched that never went anywhere...
Heh, it looks far more impressive when I just list URLs. Most of those "startups" were pretty lame side projects, and the one that wasn't was the one that never launched.
mojombo has a background working with distributed systems (at Powerset) as well as in design (he freelanced for a few years). Which means he's our main UI / design person as well as the guy overseeing the "big picture" backend stuff. For instance, right now we're in the process of sharding all of our git repository data to get away from our network file system bottleneck. mojombo's leading that project and it's going great - we should see the plans come to fruition in the near future. He's also the guy that makes changes to the git-daemons and other sysadminy stuff.
pjhyett, one of the other founders, is a seasoned web developer with experience in (among other things) Java and Rails. Which made him the ideal head of our Firewall Install product (since it uses JRuby). He's currently on a trip to NYC to meet with potential FI clients, and is in charge of adding features to it, fixing bugs, basically lording over the product.
schacon isn't technically a founder, but we're a very flat (and small) organization. He's a Git expert so we deploy him on any and all things Git: weird server errors, crazy new projects (like the Fork Queue and Gist), and our issues scaling Git itself. He's currently experimenting with a Cassandra-backed git-daemon to help speed up clones (specifically the "Counting objects" / building packfile phase) and give us the ability to easily put mirrors in other continents.
Tekkub is our customer support expert: he hangs out in irc, on the mailing list, and oversees the help site. He has programming background (we found him because of all his Lua stuff on GitHub) which means he can write his own tools and knows Git very well.
I'm the third founder. I mostly hang out here.
Product: http://freebooksapp.com Company blog: http://spreadsong.com
Founder of http://www.transactor.com
The name is a bit weird though. I own makefoodnow.com and usemyingredients.com, let me know if you're interested in a trade of some sort.
Right now, I'm talking to different startups who might need the service.
I think most startups build their own because they don't know there is a service like this out there.
I ran an ad campaign on Google for some keywords and it looks like people don't really search for it.
Good luck to you!