1.  Disaster Recovery Consultation Company Rconsulting, Inc. By: Eddie Ortega, Michael Beardshaw, Eric Wakeland, Mark Chen, Kylie Ng, Haad Fazlani, Bilal Moon

2. DR Definition The back up plan when the primary systems fail.  Natural disasters  Sabotage  Other

3. Rconsulting, Inc.  Rconsulting, Inc. specializes in DR of critical business information.  A local dermatologist has hired us to evaluate their DR plan

4. Important Business Processes  Checking in patients  Doctor visit/diagnosis  Nurse follow-up & Discharge  Billing and Insurance filling

5. 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

6. Current System Layout

7. 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

8. Best DR Practices  Cloud Technology  Dual WAN connections  Single point of contact – support  Local retention of back-up data

9. Technology Implementation  Buy, install, and configure new machines  License S-a-a-S EHR  Costs

10. Employee Training  Introduction of New System/ Procedures & Rules  Visual and Verbal introduction to system  Hands on with new interface  Simulation  Support team follow-up

11. 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.

12. Bibliography  http://searchdisasterrecovery.techtarget.com/feature/Disaster- recovery-in-the-cloud-explained http://searchdisasterrecovery.techtarget.com/feature/Disaster- recovery-in-the-cloud-explained  http://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/tip/Disaster- recovery-strategies-for-organizations-on-a-budget http://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/tip/Disaster- recovery-strategies-for-organizations-on-a-budget  http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/cio/disaster- recovery-plans-gain-traction-in-the-cloud/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/cio/disaster- recovery-plans-gain-traction-in-the-cloud/  http://www.inc.com/guides/201106/how-to-use-the-cloud-as-a- disaster-recovery-strategy.html http://www.inc.com/guides/201106/how-to-use-the-cloud-as-a- disaster-recovery-strategy.html

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