Challenge6

Anchana and Sara Challenge 6 Some medical records, such as patient histories, x-rays and pathology results are on paper and therefore are not accessible through the IT system. Others are in separate databases. There is no integrated Electronic Medical Record (EMR) management system at present. What would be the best plan for aggregating this data and making it available throughout the area? In 2007, there was a significant loss of data when the system crashed due to a power surge. An effective disaster recovery and backup plan was not in place and has still not been implemented. What systems need to be adopted to prevent data loss in the face of possible disasters?


 * Ways to Make Data Available**
 * the data can be put on a network server so other clinics can have access to it
 * each clinic should have a fax machine- data can be faxed to all the clinics
 * online medical records- can access the data through the Internet


 * Prevent Data Loss**
 * make a lot of copies of the paper articles, laminate them and pass them out to everyone in the community.
 * Cloud computing is a possibility which needs to be adopted in order to prevent data loss in the face of possible disasters.
 * Have accessible copies in other clinics
 * back-up all the data on a disk or flash drive