Resilience of clinical and operational systems in healthcare isn’t merely a technical consideration—it’s a critical policy priority. A newly released guide by Amazon Web Services (AWS) titled “Resilient Healthcare through Cloud: A Strategy and Policy Guide” provides a comprehensive framework for enhancing healthcare resilience through cloud computing while meeting regulatory requirements and improving patient outcomes.
These principles include automated recovery systems that monitor performance and trigger recovery processes when thresholds are breached, validated procedures that regularly test recovery processes to monitor effectiveness, and distributed architecture that implements horizontal scaling with multiple smaller resources instead of single points of failure.
It’s essential to design for availability by deploying critical applications across multiple availability zones. Organizations must develop comprehensive recovery strategies by defining clear Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs).
Finally, they should establish governance frameworks to maintain compliance with healthcare regulations while implementing cloud-based resilience. They should develop healthcare-specific cloud skills through workforce development programs and create regulatory sandboxes for testing innovative cloud-based solutions.
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