SoftLight Development Offers Solutions for Safe Data Storage During Hurricane Season
IRVING, Texas, June 19, 2007 – Man-made and natural disasters affect all businesses at one time or another, regardless of the size of the company. With another active hurricane season looming, many businesses may be scrambling to come up with a plan of action. Don Thomas, CEO of SoftLight Development Inc. (SLD), a leading healthcare consulting and software solutions company, offers the following basic principles that even small businesses can apply to ensure their data will be safe in the event of a disaster.
First, companies should create a data recovery strategy. Most companies do not realize the extent to which their data drives their business. To this end, it is also smart to use backup companies that are experts in the industry to make sure the data is backed up in multiple locations. If a business' off-site data backup company is experiencing the same disaster as the business, chances are the backup company has lost the information as well. Geographic location is an important factor in backing up data.
Next, companies should keep all documents in electronic format, if possible. This allows the business to back them up without worrying about their physical location. Paper documents can be scanned using a desktop scanner and then backed up. This is also true of contracts, client lists, etc. A disaster and crisis plan should be in place, accessible and explained to the employees. Both crises and disasters are difficult for smaller businesses, but they are distinct situations. It is important to have a plan for both types of dilemmas and to help employees identify each type.
Finally, businesses need to create a disaster continuity plan. This is an established plan on how to continue business after the disaster. This could mean the difference between a business failing or surviving. It is advisable to determine in advance the basic hardware / software required to continue with the company’s products and/or services.
SLD has consulted companies for more than 15 years and specializes in creating pay-per-use data management solutions for healthcare organizations. Some of the group’s innovations include:
- Manage My Paper – Integrates medical practice management software into a very user-friendly interface for clinical use. Manage My Paper manages appointment, patient, and billing information between medical billing organizations and clinics to streamline patient and billing data for the practice management company and dramatically increase ROI for both the clinic and practice management organization.
- Manage My Paper Transcriptional Service – Maintains connection between ancillary reporting services, such as cardiovascular reporting, with ancillary organizations by allowing the subscriber to securely upload patient reports to the servers. The system automatically “reads” the reports and securely stores them in a HIPAA-compliant system for retrieval by the referring provider. The system contacts the referring providers by e-mail and fax, allowing them to securely retrieve the patient study reports.
- Manage My Studies – Used by cardiologists, radiologist and teleradiologists to manage remote and local radiology images and studies. The system can be used in the office or on a laptop at any location with an Internet connection. Features include, but are not limited to, Secure Remote Access without special hardware, On Call notification, Reading Schedule Notification, Post Measurements and Cross-platform Compatibility.
- Manage My Paper Referral System – Used by clinics and practitioners to securely and efficiently find, pre-certify, schedule, and receive test notification for patients that are referred to ancillary services, such as, CT, MRI, and Cardiology.
- Manage My Data and Manage My Data One-click – SLD’s newest developments, offering remote access to backed up data from any laptop or Web-enabled device, with complete HIPAA compliance. The new One-click is a simplified version of the original Professional model.
About SoftLight Development
SoftLight Development (SLD) serves clinical organizations including the offices of general practitioners, as well as emergency rooms, neonatal, prenatal, orthopedic, cardiovascular and other specialized practices. SLD also provides a wide range of products and services specifically for the practice management industry. SoftLight Development has developed customer healthcare software and systems for more than 15 years. Our expertise and dedication to our customers are well known in the healthcare industry. SLD delivers state-of-the-art consultation, software design and systems solutions for imaging, document management, practice management and healthcare hardware and software.