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Worth a Read: Articles of Interest to the Healthcare IT Field A Plan For All Seasons Because Healthcare organizations are moving towards paperless workflows such as CPOE (Clinical Provider Order Entry) the need for timely disaster recovery is moving from hours to minutes. Industry experts agree that hospitals are under-prepared for disasters and may well face catastrophic consequences if they do not place disaster recovery as a priority. After The Storm Ochsner Health System had planned extensively for hurricanes prior to Katrina and was one of the few New Orleans hospitals able to function during the storm and after. Even so, the organization has taken what it learned during that time and developed an even more comprehensive disaster plan for the future. On Shaky Ground On the West Coast earthquakes are a major threat, so laws have been passed that require seismic retrofit requirements of all hospitals. However a 2001 study revealed that 37 percent of the state’s hospitals had a significant risk of collapse in an earthquake. This article looks are how some hospitals improving both patient safety and IT disaster recovery in the event of a significant earthquake. Sense of Security Although the Northeast isn’t as worried about earthquakes or tornadoes, business continuity is still a top priority. Water detection systems and back up power are a top priority for Partner’s Health System in Boston, MA. Advice from the Chief Information Security Officer to get the dollars needed for disaster recovery? “If they check off critical application, they automatically have to put a disaster recovery plan in place to get approval for the application. So we're stopping the spigot at the beginning instead of coming back after the fact.” |
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