Disaster Recovery Consultation Company Rconsulting, Inc. By: Eddie Ortega, Michael Beardshaw, Eric Wakeland, Mark Chen, Kylie Ng, Haad Fazlani, Bilal Moon
DR Definition The back up plan when the primary systems fail. Natural disasters Sabotage Other
Rconsulting, Inc. Rconsulting, Inc. specializes in DR of critical business information. A local dermatologist has hired us to evaluate their DR plan
Important Business Processes Checking in patients Doctor visit/diagnosis Nurse follow-up & Discharge Billing and Insurance filling
Important Infrastructure One server for their EHR Client/server network architecture Some client machines and all servers have UPS Two offices and a data center connected by an EVPL over fiber Machines are 5 years old, and the company has little budget to work with
Current System Layout
Current DR plan In case of disaster the employees manuscript with paper and pen They call their local tech support team and the relevant vendor to fix the outage They lose business by having to reschedule patients and turn them away
Best DR Practices Cloud Technology Dual WAN connections Single point of contact – support Local retention of back-up data
Technology Implementation Buy, install, and configure new machines License S-a-a-S EHR Costs
Employee Training Introduction of New System/ Procedures & Rules Visual and Verbal introduction to system Hands on with new interface Simulation Support team follow-up
Follow-Up After 6 months and a major disaster: The dermatologist was able to recover her IT system quickly and easily. The plan enacted was efficient and simple. It saved them significant money, time, and emotion.
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