Ranajee, N. 2012 . Best Practices In Healthcare Article Review

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¶ … Ranajee, N. (2012). Best practices in healthcare disaster recovery planning. Health Management Technology. May 2012. As electronic medical records become the norm, health care institutions need to maintain backup systems and develop cohesive disaster recovery plans. As Ranajee (2012) states, "downtime is not an option since the data could be critical to patient outcomes," (p. 22). There are several different approaches to emergency preparedness and disaster recovery planning. In "Best practices in healthcare disaster recovery planning," Ranagee (2012) shows why disaster recovery planning is more critical now than ever. The author defines different types of disasters, and also defines disaster recovery planning from a health care perspective in particular. In this succinct article, the author also lists types of disaster recovery centers and various options available for the health care administrator.

Central to the author's argument is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which legislates security requirements...

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As Ranajee (2012) points out, the "brief" disaster recovery specifications allow for variability in the way disaster recovery planning and emergency preparedness are implemented. Moreover, HIPAA has been variably enforced. In 2009 the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health act "raises the bar" on HIPAA, making disaster recovery planning all but unavoidable on the part of health care institutions. These new regulations are meaningful, even though they can be perceived as inconvenient by doctors, administrators, and other providers.
Disasters are defined as any situation -- including natural as well as cyber disasters -- that threaten valuable health care data. Consequences of data loss can mean loss of life, as patient information stored in electronic medical records hold the key for patient outcomes. Even when it is not a matter of life and death, disasters can wreak significant financial damage on an institution.

The author defines disaster recovery planning in literal…

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American Dental Association (ADA, 2003). Emergency Planning and Disaster Recovery in the Dental Office. Retrieved online: http://www.ada.org/sections/professionalResources/pdfs/ada_disaster_manual.pdf

National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM). Retrieved online: http://nnlm.gov/scr/services/prepare.html

Ranajee, N. (2012). Best practices in healthcare disaster recovery planning. Health Management Technology. May 2012.


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