DICOM Disaster Recovery Solutions

In case of an emergency – an earthquake, fire, flood, cyber-attack or even a catastrophic power failure – would the records at your health care facility be safe?

DICOM Disaster Recovery solutions offer several different options when it comes to preserving vital patient information archives. Every DICOM Storage system is designed to work with all standard peripherals such as disk drives, portable hard drives, CDs and DVDs so that your staff can have redundant back-ups of all patient records in case the worst happens. You even have the option of using backup tapes – so you won't have to discard your old, but still serviceable equipment. The tape library has been a back-up option for many decades, and our systems are still able to download patient archives in this format so as to speed your PACS disaster recovery. The Candelis ImageGrid™ Appliance is fully compatible with the either the Sony AIT3 or AIT5 tape library. This is perhaps the most economical DICOM storage system that provides for speedy PACS disaster recovery.

Of course, the safest course of action is to make certain that you have backups of your patient record archives stored in an offsite location, and helps your health care clinic in complying with Federal HIPAA regulations. The RemotePACS allows you to store your DICOM Archive records offsite on a secure server, so no matter what happens to the building or the local server, these vital records are kept safe and secure.

For quick and easy DICOM disaster recovery closer to home, we recommend the Rimage Professional 5100N, manufactured by one of the leading names in CD/DVD burner technology. These devices can be set up to record patient archive to removable media automatically at the touch of a button.

You should also consider the Candelis ImageGrid™ Storage Server Appliance, a highly secure and expandable DICOM disaster recovery solution that offers several terabytes of storage capability and can read and record a variety of archive formats. This also can function as an off-site server for redundant backups, making your DICOM disaster recovery plan HIPAA-compliant and insuring the preservation of patient records.