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The good news about disaster recovery planning – it’s not as hard as it used to be [Infographic]

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Only 26% of healthcare facilities have a robust, tested disaster recovery plan, according to an article on Health IT Exchange. Not surprising, considering the wide variety of data types and applications involved – email, medical records, multiple diagnostic imaging PACS, financial processing.

But recovery planning can be critical to your facility’s survival. Disasters like Hurricane Katrina, the tornadoes in Missouri and the tsunami in Japan have shown that healthcare facilities are at risk. And patients depend on healthcare facilities to have their records, even in the wake of a disaster.

The good news is that recent advances in technology are making the process far simpler than it was even just two years ago. The ability to aggregate data from multiple sources into an intelligent storage platform — one that has built-in redundancy and data protection — has eliminated a lot of the labor and expense.

Cloud technology also can enable constant backup of your archives to a geographically remote location, which is much safer than tape backups stored nearby. And recovery via cloud can be fast, allowing a facility to be up again within hours.

An example is the Dell Cloud Clinical Archive, which allows you to aggregate data from PACS, EMRs and other applications and store it in a secure data warehouse. For the healthcare IT manager, a system like this is a fast and affordable approach to a robust disaster recovery plan.

So it’s time to quit procrastinating on disaster recovery. The best time to create and test your disaster recovery strategy is before the next disaster – which means now.

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About the Author: Susmit Pal

With over 16 years of experience in the IT industry, Susmit provides strategic guidance and technology expertise that organizations need to transform their clinical workforce and improve patient outcomes. He works at Dell Technologies – as a Global Healthcare Director supporting Healthcare customers worldwide with End-user computing and Connected health solutions.   Susmit Pal is the Global Healthcare Director for Connected Health Solutions within Dell EMC Global Alliances and Industries. He has over 16 years of experience in business development, solution marketing, IT consulting and strategy / planning – primarily in the Healthcare vertical. He is in a strategic advisory role on how Dell Technology portfolio of solutions and services can transform the clinical workforce, improve patient experience, and enable new care delivery models. His prior roles in Dell include: Director of Market Development for Dell Americas Software and Security business, Director for Marketing and Business Development for Dell Cloud Clinical Archive – a Dell acquisition in the healthcare vertical; and Senior Healthcare Research Consultant responsible for identifying growth areas and business plans that led to acquisitions and investments in new solution in areas such as Dell Clinical Cloud and Mobile Clinical Computing. Prior to Dell, Susmit worked for General Electric as a senior consultant where he led enterprise business transformation initiatives with ERP, data warehousing, business intelligence and analytics, across multiple GE businesses across Americas, EMEA and APJ. He led an onsite-offshore services delivery team across 3 countries. Susmit is a Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) and has been driving greater awareness of the security challenges in the healthcare industry, particularly with Cloud and IoT.  Susmit has an Bachelor of Engineering degree in computer science from Birla Institute of Technology, India and a master’s degree in business administration from Purdue University, Indiana.