The CitiStorage warehouse, which housed medical records for several major medical facilities, went up in flames spreading charred pieces of personal data all over the neighborhood. While the facility itself is a total loss, many of the medical systems, including the Mount-Sanai Health system, didn’t suffer a catastrophic loss because they have an electronic medical record as back-up.
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EHRs Prevent Catastrophic Data Loss
A massive warehouse fire in Brooklyn is highlighting the importance of electronic health records. So reports EHR Intelligence.
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