Most hospitals would need the length of a full workday to retrieve all patient data following an unplanned outage or other disaster, according to the EMC Global IT Trust Curve Survey.
Of the 100 healthcare executives surveyed, 56 said they would need eight hours or more to restore data access. These lengthy recovery times are worrisome to executives — 82 said their IT infrastructure is not prepared for a disaster recovery incident.
Because of the consequences of unavailable patient data, healthcare executives are working toward improving both their IT systems and data recovery plans, according to the report.
"Healthcare organizations are making significant IT investments to transform IT infrastructure and ensure that patient information is secure, protected and highly available," said Scott Filion, general manager of global healthcare at EMC, in a news release. "Healthcare organizations have always focused on information security, but today they must do more to protect data and ensure accessibility to meet HITECH and HIPAA requirements."
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