ABC News reports that a new study finds that 3% of patients risk experiencing hospital errors.  The same study also reports that of those who experience an error, 1 in 4 will likely die from the mistake.

So as a patient, what can you do?  First, know the hospital that you are going to visit.  If you are new to an area, ask around.  Second, use tools such as PatientAssist to keep track of your own medical record.

Mega Input Data Services, Inc.(MIDS), a provider of database management and web based application development services, has been awarded a contract with the State of Indiana. MIDS will work closely with the Indiana Office of Technology (IOT) on various projects.

About Mega Input Data Services, Inc.
Mega Input Data Services, Inc., is an MBE Certified firm providing advanced internet technology that is easy to use. As a full-service database management entrepreneurial firm, Mega Input Data Services provides custom and proprietary web-based applications, web sites, and secure transmission of records over the internet. The business was founded in 2001, and is located in Indianapolis, Indiana.

In December 2007, Eternal Word Kingdom Ministries of Merrillville Indiana, contacted Mega Input Data Services, Inc. to build their new site after hearing about the work we did for the Gary Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.

The resulting application, utilizing our eChurcHistry product, has allowed the church to widen their target audience base through pod and video casting. The system was further enhanced with Google Apps Integration. Graphical Design work was performed by Scrambled Eggs Media, which included a custom layout and Flash Header.

At Mega Input Data Services, Inc., it has always been our goal to create new and useful products and services to the business community. It has been about a year since we developed such an application. Thus, we have decided to make a conscious effort in that regard. Beginning this week, we will begin the MIDS Challenge!

With the MIDS Challenge, we seek to launch a new and useful project to the public each month of 2008 beginning May 1st. Please check back here for more details!

It has been truly a pleasure to service our clients and work with our partners in 2007.  In 2007, we introduced many new and exciting products and we look forward to doing the same in 2008 and beyond.  Mega Input Data Services, Inc. understands that it takes each and every one of you to make us successful.

We look forward to the opportunity to serve you! 

The Google Android is the official software offering from Google. So while there is NO GPHONE, there is a mobile phone software platform from Google. Google is offering $10M to software providers who build innovative offerings for the Android Platform (and of course we have MANY Innovations). Take a look!

Mega Input Data Services, inc. has donated a web application to the Greater Indianapolis NAACP #3053. Utilizing our MPLEX Content Management System, the new website showcases a new design and is 100% configurable through the administration tool. Please stop by and check them out.

Beta testing is one of the most important aspects of software development, though its often overlooked.

The purpose of all software testing is to ensure that the application meets quality standards and it functions as it was intended. There are typically two forms of testing utilized: alpha testing and beta testing.

Alpha testing is simulated or actual operational testing by potential users or, most oftenly, quality personnel inside of the organization. Alpha testing generally catches many of the bugs and initial flaws with the software before it enters beta testing.

Beta testing allows a limited audience to test the software in “real-world” scenarios. The main purpose of the beta is to gain feedback from this limited audience on the usability, errors, pitfalls or other valuable points of the software. It is through this testing that several new versions, generally referred to as beta versions, of the software are released. Between initial scope and the final version of the software package, there may be several beta versions of the software; meaning that the initial scope of the software changed several times to accommodate the needs of the target audience. Without these valuable tests, the software may not meet the needs of the audience and ultimately fail.

At Mega Input Data Services, Inc., we thoroughly test all software applications to ensure our 15 points of excellence, meet all quality checks by our customers, and their intended audiences. If you would like to see what we can do for you, please contact us at your convenience.

The majority of the web applications that we design require some level of encryption. Many times, the MD5 or ShA1 hashes work for most and our own encryption schemes work for others.

The technology, written in Java, is called Jasypt. Here is some information about the product.

Jasypt is a java library which allows the developer to add basic encryption capabilities to his/her projects with minimum effort, and without the need of having deep knowledge on how cryptography works.

Features:

• Provides easy encryption tools for little adoption effort.

• Also provides highly configurable standard encryption tools, for power-users.

• All encryption tools comply with encryption best practices and security recommendations. They are also thread-safe to avoid concurrency problems even in multi-threaded environments like web applications.

• Jasypt-hibernate provides a transparent mechanism for persisting data in an encrypted form using Hibernate.

• All encryption tools are designed to be easily integrable into IoC containers like the Spring Framework, although, of course, it can be used without one.

Our database administrators will be testing this technology to see if it meets our quality standards on our projects. We will keep you posted.

Mega Input Data Services, Inc. has undertaken the task to revitalize the Cameron Meadows website to make it more appealing to the community of homeowners and home buyers. The new site will contain such features as Architectual Change (ACC) Forms, photo gallery, residence database, virtual “garage sales”, online fee payments and much, much more.