The focus of disaster planning in electronic health care information should be on which of the following? Select all that apply

Question

1. Ensuring that all patient care information is available in hardcopy
2. Safeguarding business continuity by protection of health care data
3. Supporting patient care by providing continual access to patient information
4. Recovery and restoration of health care data and information
5. Stopping all patient care until the disaster is over

Answer 1

1,2,3,4
Rationale: Supporting patient care by ensuring continual access to patient information also ensures continuity of care. Until recently, disaster planning focused primarily on the recovery and restoration of data. While it is true that data protection is important for the protection of the business, it is imperative that access to patient care be supported during a disaster so that care may be provided in a timely fashion. Maintaining a hardcopy is a potential method.