Swiss hospitals rely on fax to transmit Covid-19 data
Hospitals in Switzerland, allegedly one of the most innovative countries worldwide, heavily rely on fax to transmit Covid-related data to the federal government.
Article in German: https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/coronavirus-das-bag-kommt-bei-erfassung-der-faelle-kaum-hinterher-ld.1547359
I've been told by a reliable source that someone came up with the idea to use deep-learning to extract the information from the faxes.
Is this tragic, idiotic or completely normal? Fax, being a handshaked and unshared network has hung on in many applications due to it's security. Hard copy at each end = filing pain in the ass.
Also good for Japanese/Chinese writted ideograms Except when it goes through fax-to-email? Yes, then the intrinsic e-mail risk vectors come into play