RE: Business Contingency Plan

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:03 PM 4/23/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Peter  wrote.....
>
>
>  Because we are 400 people, we tend to have a distorted view of
>>contingency planning.  The view, me first.  The plan should be exactly what is
>>says a business contingency plan and NOT a rebuild the AS/400 plan.  What good
>>is a restore plan goinig to do in Grand Forks ND.  Nothing!  Read the book and
>>get a good idea of what real planning is all about.  I never had a good
feeling
>>until I reviewed the book.
>****************************
>Those are my thoughts exactly BUT when you have upper management, tell you
>that they think (based on a recent audit) it's geared towards me and my
>department, I wanted some feed back (copies of plans) to show them that it
>encompasses much more than my AS/400, what about the RISC 6000 in lab, what
>about the ICU/CCU monitors, and just the general philosophy of doing
>business.... obviously being a hospital we are prepared for those disasters
>outside our facility (school bus accidents etc) and we are tested on those
>regularly.
>I think that we all do tend to look at the AS/400 because it is our
>responsibility, but it's upper management that also plays a role. I'll get
>the my system running if that's what the plan is, otherwise... I'll open up
>a long neck bottle of Bud Light... and start typing out my resume !!   :-) 
>
>Thanks for the responses !! 
>
>Joanie 


Does your computer room have a UPS system?  And a backup generator?  Are
patient records stored on the computer?  Do you have to access them instantly?

Are your terminals on the UPS?  If the computer is up and running, it's no
good if no users can sign on!

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com

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