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DIsasTeR ReCoVeRY › By BEtH WALsH optiNG For storAGE oN- or oFFsitE Driving Data Protection indy Moeller, vice president of information services for Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, has worked with InSiteOne for about three years. First, the facility used the vendor for its radiology image storage and recently expanded the relationship to its cardiovascuthe administration realized that “once you start putting everything into digital media, you need to make sure you have the redundancy that’s necessary.” Plus, having offsite storage means needing less onsite storage. As modalities are transitioned to new, digital systems, this storage strategy helps meet the demand for more storage of images from, for example, the two new 64-slice CT scanners recently installed. Both radiologists and cardiologists participated in the presentation to administration for the capital investment and ongoing expenses. “They were able to explain very clearly why this would affect them and the benefits for patient care,” Moeller says. And she reports that everyone is pleased with the ease of set up and response time. With the growing volume and size of imaging studies, disaster recovery is a big job for most organizations to manage. Careful, thorough planning and good vendor relationships can go a long way in helping everyone involved sleep better at night. C lar department. “We see a real value in having our images stored offsite,” she says. Being in the middle of downtown L.A. means that an earthquake is a real risk. “An earthquake would have a serious effect. We need the ability to recover data or create copies as necessary.” “Both in complexity and elegance, as well as the amount of data, I think healthcare will quickly surpass other industries.” Cindy Moeller, vice president of information services, Good samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles Focus on replication In 2006, Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Ky., replaced its two main storage arrays with a Symmetrix DMX-3 storage array system from EMC Corporation, according to Sean O’Mahoney, manager of client/server information systems. Norton also has from EMC two Clariion CX700s (SAN), two Clariion CX300s (SAN) that are directly attached to servers at some of their hospitals and four Centera systems that provide content addresseable storage (CAS). All HIS data are replicated at the facility’s remote site. The Centeras archive radiology and cardiology PACS data, which is a switch from an optical platform. “We’ve got our archive and we’re able to use Centera’s native replication to send offsite,” says O’Mahoney. Norton uses an Agfa Impax Cardiovascular information system for its cardiac images. Cath and echo studies are archived. “It’s crucial for doctors to have access to good historical data and be able to pull priors in a reasonable manner,” says O’Mahoney. “It just so happens that we were able to move forward with Centera as our archive platform.” About six to 12 months of studies are stored online, then pushed back as necessary. As part of its larger disaster recovery The hospital implemented a new cardiology PACS from McKesson last summer, partly because the old PACS was not on the major hospital network and did not have a contingency backup plan. Since the change, cath lab volumes go to McKesson and InSiteOne. This month, the hospital is bringing up all of its echocardiograms and beginning to transmit them for offsite storage as well. About 6 terabytes of cath images and about 1 terabyte of EKGs will be moved from current systems. “We’re in the process of continually making that step towards an offsite storage environment,” says Moeller. Redundancy and capacity When Good Samaritan created its outpatient imaging center, 4 Cardiovascular Business January/february 2008

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Cardiovascular Business - January/February 2008 Contents The Ticker: Quality Pays in Several Ways Cover Story: The Proof: Why Evidence-based Medicine Improves Cardiac Care Clinical Study Digest: Co-payments and Cath Labs Cardiac PET/CT Fills in Gaps Left by SPECT Tapping into IT to Improve the Office-Based Practice SPECT–Proving Its Value Cardiac Images in the EMR: Just a Click Away The Top 20 Ways to Market Your Cardiac CTA Practice The Big Picture: Medical Displays for Cardiac Images Statins Work But Pharmacoeconomic Caveats Abound Driving Data Protection: Opting for Storage On- or Offsite News & Views Calendar Reader’s Resource

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