The leadership team is examining ways to protect electronic heath information in the event of a disaster. On what should this team focus? Select all that apply.
A) Ensuring that all patient care information is available in hardcopy
B) Safeguarding business continuity by protection of healthcare data
C) Supporting patient care by providing continual access to patient information
D) Recovery and restoration of healthcare data and information
E) Stopping all patient care until the disaster is over
A) Ensuring that all patient care information is available in hardcopy
B) Safeguarding business continuity by protection of healthcare data
C) Supporting patient care by providing continual access to patient information
D) Recovery and restoration of healthcare data and information
Explanation: A) A mechanism needs to be in place to access patient data. Hardcopy is one potential method to do so.
B) Healthcare data need to be protected from corruption.
C) The patient-care staff need to be able to access patient information when providing and documenting care.
D) In the event that electronic health records are damaged, there needs to be a way to recover the data and restore it to support patient care and organization operations.
E) It is unrealistic to stop all patient care until the disaster ends.
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