Whether you realize it or not, backing up your precious data is probably the most important single task of your day. In addition, secure backup of your patient data and a disaster recovery plan are both requirements under the HIPAA rules, so both are required by law if you are a covered entity. Here at SOS, we have in place a daily data backup plan to generate disk images that permit rapid recovery in the event of a disastrous hardware failure. There or many choices available today of different price ranges and functionality. We encourage you to speak to your IT person and have them set one up for you right away to ensure your data is safe from any unforeseen data disaster.
