Disaster Recovery Plan steps
A disaster recovery plan (DRP) for an urgent care would have to start by performing the following steps as per National Institute of Standards and Technology (NSIT) [2] which are considered as ideal steps for the urgent care:
1. A contingency planning policy statement for the urgent care
This formal policy will provide the necessary management and decision guidance for directing the contingency plan and approving it.
2. Conduct clinic business impact analysis
The critical IT assets need to be identified which is a very important step in any disaster recovery plan. Urgent care will have several critical assets like its servers, current patients, database etc. and a BIA will help to identify those. The impact analysis
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Identify preventive controls for the clinic
Preventive controls will help the clinic to reduce the cost of system disruptions, maximize system availability and reduce contingency costs.
4. Develop recovery strategies in case of a disaster for the urgent care clinic
The recovery strategy for the clinic will contain the recovery strategy for ensuring effective recovery from disruption.
5. Develop an IT contingency plan for the clinic
Contingency plan for the clinic will provide with detailed steps and procedures in order to restore systems in clinic that may be damaged. An alternate site would be identified where the data centers and the clinic may be temporarily or permanently rested.
6. Perform rigorous testing, training and exercising for verifying the plan
Testing, training for testing and simulating it will boost up confidence of the staff and provide personnel who will identify gaps within the DRP plan for the clinic.
7. Maintenance of the DRP plan
Regular maintenance of the plan will keep the plan updated.
Following will be required in the DRP plan as well:
1. Key Personnel contact info in the template below
Name, Title Contact Option Contact Number Work
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2 Emergency Response SWAT team
2.1 Alerts and plan invoke
Utilize all forms of communication like Emails, personally alerting by voice, phones etc.
2.2 Disaster Recovery Procedures for management
2.3 Personal and family notification
Contact staff and the alternate person to contact in case of emergency.
3 Media
3.1 Media contacts
Contact media via relevant communication sources
3.2 Media Strategies
Contact media and avoid negative publicity. Provide answers to what happened, how it happened and what are the next steps. Follow rules to deal with media as well.
4. Insurance
Policy Name Coverage Type Coverage Period Person responsible for coverage Amount of Coverage Renewal date
5. Financial & legal issues
5.1 Financial Audit
5.2 Financial Requirements
5.3 Legal Actions and steps
6. Practicing (Exercise) DRP
Effective training, testing and exercising DRP for the clinic will be executed.
DRP Template
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Without question the cost of medical care in this country has skyrocketed over the last few decades. Walk into an emergency room with an earache or the need for a few stitches and you’re apt to walk out with a bill that is nothing short of shocking.
"FAQ: Disaster Recovery Planning for Health Care Data." SearchHealthIT. Ed. Anne Steciw. TechTarget, May 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2014. .
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