Trends in Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Technologies

• How well do IT professionals think their organization is prepared for a disaster, epidemic or other type of major business interruption?

• What does facility management have to do with the organization's IT management?

• What risks are care provider organizations most concerned about — and what are they doing about them?

• How well would care delivery organizations cope with an emergence of a pandemic on the order of the influenza epidemic of 1918?

• How many acute care facilities employ syndromic surveillance systems — and how are they using the data collected?

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1
Executive Summary and Methodology

• Methodology

SECTION 2
Demographics

• Types of Organizations Represented
• Executives and Professionals
• Physician Offices and Ambulatory Care Organizations
• Sharing Data beyond the Enterprise

SECTION 3
State of Preparedness

• Current State of Preparedness
• Risks to Business Continuity
• Preparedness vs. Potential Risks
• Challenges to Being Prepared

• Policies, Protocols, and Procedures
  
• Business Continuity Plan Review Process
  
• Policy Development Processes and Resources
  
• Alignment of IT and Facility Management
  
• Computer-Related Concerns
  
• Service Level Agreements
  
• Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Budgets
  
• Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Technologies
  
• Mirrored Backup Sites
  
• Implementation Plans
  
• Syndromic Surveillance
  
• State of Preparedness

• Storage Capabilities and Plans
• Clinical Demands
  
• Storage Budgets and Allocations
  
• Data Storage Installations

SECTION 6
Corporate View

• Healthcare IT Products and Services
  
• Project Charges
  
• Greatest Needs
  
• Top 10 Underestimated Costs

APPENDIX I
Verbatim Responses