EHR Disaster Recovery & Data Backup 3

Question 1

What is the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) in the context of EHR data backup?

Accepted Answer

The maximum amount of data loss measured in time that is acceptable

Answer

RPO defines the maximum acceptable age of data that can be recovered after a failure, essentially determining how frequently backups must be performed.

Question 2

An EHR system at a large health system uses database replication to a secondary site 500 miles away. This strategy primarily addresses which disaster scenario?

Accepted Answer

Regional disasters such as hurricanes or earthquakes

Answer

Geographic replication to a distant secondary site protects against regional disasters that could simultaneously affect the primary site and nearby backup locations.

Question 3

Which HIPAA Security Rule implementation specification requires an organization to create and maintain retrievable exact copies of ePHI?

Accepted Answer

Data Backup Plan

Answer

The Data Backup Plan is a required implementation specification under the Contingency Plan standard that mandates organizations establish procedures to create and maintain retrievable exact copies of ePHI.

Question 4

A 'warm site' differs from a 'cold site' in disaster recovery because a warm site:

Accepted Answer

Is pre-configured with hardware and connectivity but requires data restoration

Answer

A warm site has pre-installed hardware and network infrastructure ready but still requires restoration of recent data backups before operations can resume, making it faster than a cold site but not as immediate as a hot site.

Question 5

During an EHR disaster recovery test, the team discovers the restoration process takes 6 hours, but the RTO is 2 hours. What is the appropriate next step?

Accepted Answer

Identify and implement improvements to reduce the restoration time

Answer

When actual recovery time exceeds the RTO, the organization must identify bottlenecks and implement improvements such as faster backup media, better automation, or additional personnel to meet the defined objective.

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EHR Disaster Recovery & Data Backup 3