Hard disks can crash. Viruses may destroy data. All these problems can be avoided, however, with proper data management techniques. By implementing a system that has built in redundancy, checks for integrity of discs and data, and has automated back up procedures, you can be confident that your data is secure. The most common cause of irretrievable data loss is user error.
Users have to learn to routinely save their data as they go and to save all work on exiting.
Avoiding such errors can only be overcome by user education. In assessing data security, it is only fair to compare the electronic health record to the paper one. Data management is an important part of computerising the medical record and should not be taken lightly. I would suggest you take careful note of these ten hints taken from the Net regarding data protection. Never leave diskettes in the disk drive, as data can leak out of the disk and corrode the inner mechanics of the drive.