Physical Risks in Medical Practice and Their Mitigation

EXPLANATION OF THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF INFORMATION ASSURANCE RISKS PHYSICAL RISKS Risk: Lack of procedures and contingency plans in the event of an emergency Explanation: In the event of an emergency, a well defined contingency plan helps the team to allow for data restoration in addition to providing physical security. A contingency plan is usually used when there is an emergency, for example when there is an outage. During the crisis it is important that the doctors still have access to ePHI so that the quality of care is not compromised.