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Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plan for iRIS |
Objective
This procedure describes the disaster recovery and business continuity plan for the iRIS system.
Policy/Procedure
I. The UTHSC-H Information Technology Department is responsible for the physical recovery of the iRIS system in the event of a disaster. The iRIS system is considered “Priority 3” (https://oac22.hsc.uth.tmc.edu/itsecurity/restricted/DR/Disaster%20Recovery%20Priority%20Chart.html) and will be made available 14 days after a disaster causes the system to become unavailable from its usual location.
II.
Responsibilities of iRIS users for business
continuity plans in the event the electronic system is unavailable are
delineated below.
A. IRB members – IRB members should keep paper copies of their review notes in the event the system is unavailable during a meeting.
B. Administrative staff of the Office of Research Support Committees - This group is responsible for making information available in the event that the system is unavailable during an Institutional Review Board (IRB) meeting. Paper copies of agendas are currently available during the meeting. IRB coordinators also keep electronic copies of the application, informed consent documents and protocols on an outside storage (e.g. USB) device.
C. Research staff (principal investigators, co-investigators, research coordinators and research nurses) – This group is responsible for having extra copies of approved and stamped informed consent documents in the event the system is not available during the patient consent process.
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Applicable Regulations and Guidelines Disaster Recovery Priority
Chart (https://oac22.hsc.uth.tmc.edu/itsecurity/restricted/DR/Disaster%20Recovery%20Priority%20Chart.html) Disaster Recovery Plan
(DRAFT) (https://oac22.hsc.uth.tmc.edu/itsecurity/restricted/DR/Server%20and%20Desktop%20Services%20DRP%20-%20Web.mht) |
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