Abstract
One of the crucial points for information systems is to guarantee security of the produced data and the data production process as well as designing information systems in order to serve humanity. At this point of view, concept of disaster refers to the unplanned loss or interruption of the data that has been achieved. All data generated by hospital information systems are kept in databases, stored in data warehouses and protected in data centers. Causes of disasters are mainly classified into two groups as natural and humanbased. These causes that often threatening information technologies are earthquakes, floods, staff's faults, fire, virus attacks etc. According to these reasons, data centers or communication through the data infrastructure elements can be affected in an unplanned way. Therefore, it’s possible to lose data completely; even data cannot be delivered or cannot be stored properly. Earthquake-resistant buildings, fire early alarm systems, backup power providers, protection measures against virus attacks, staff training programs, software and hardware supports etc. are considered in the context of preparing hospital information systems in case of disasters. In this study, importance of storing data and its daily backups in the centers far from local if possible, supporting infrastructure components, taking hardware and software safety precautions, supporting staff training programs and keeping the hardware and software support up to date is emphasized within the framework of disaster plans in the hospital information systems.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 6th International Information Security & Cryptology Conference |
| Pages | 236 |
| Number of pages | 241 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |