How hospitals protect their data-and their patients

Any interruption in operations, an accident or disaster, may directly result in interrupted patient care...
These days, a hospital's data protection policies and procedures are tightly tied to its quality of patient care. Continuity and availability of data for all patient care records from admitting to the OR to the labs and pharmacy, each piece of data must be kept ready for immediate retrieval to ensure proper care. An interruption in IT operations can easily translate into a direct negative effect-from the loss of a patient's dietary requirements to a vital history. That's why patient data must be treated as mission-critical information, representing life/death issues as well as the potential for lost revenues, increased costs, and regulatory penalties if systems go down.

Newspapers reveal unsettling truths about the impact of disaster on health care
Not only hospitals are acutely aware of the need to have solid business continuity strategies in place. Natural disasters like hurricane Katrina are evidence of modern day occurrences that have tested both emergency preparedness and the backup/recovery plans for stored data. Hitachi Data Systems understands the risks involved and is helping hospitals around the world assess those risks, designing long-term business continuity strategies that respond specifically to healthcare and regulatory requirements.

Achieving profitability despite tight margins and escalating costs
The ability to use IT to streamline processes and to avoid preventable costs is a major stepping stone on the path to profitability. However, Hitachi Data Systems also recognizes that any service organization that directly affects the well-being of its clients will always carry more risk than other types of businesses. One serious misstep can quickly tarnish a hard-earned reputation or ignite litigation. But a Hitachi Data Systems Solution for Data Protection and Disaster Recovery can secure the information foundation for cost control and data protection, often reconstructing data files to ensure all applications work together for optimum performance throughout each institution.

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