EMR and Disaster Recovery
Computerworld has an interesting article about how electronic medical records can help in Disaster Recovery.
Consider for example Dr. Scott Needle, whose pediatrics practice in Bay St. Louis, Miss., was ruined by Hurricane Katrina. The town was devastated.
Needle was forced to move his family north to stay with relatives. Though his offices were destroyed and his patients scattered, he was quickly able to re-establish his practice by accessing patient records through his EMR system. His story contains valuable lessons for medical practitioners.
Read the article here.
