Medisoft Medical Billing (Off-Site Data Backup Solution)
10 May 2008
Your Medisoft Medical Billing Software’s data is important! It is crucial that you have an off-site data backup solution for your Medisoft billing software data.
Most medical practices typically have a Medisoft Medical Billing server that has redundant hard drives so in the event of a hard drive failure you will not lose your precious Medisoft data. But what happens in the event of theft, or perhaps, a building flood or fire? In these unfortunate events, if all your Medisoft Medical Billing data is located on a centralized server with no off-site backup there is a strong chance all your data will be lost!
An off-site back up solution keeps your Medisoft Medical Billing software data safe from the mentioned catastrophes.
That is why it crucial for you to have the off-site backup solution for your Medisoft Medical Billing software data.
What is so great about an off-site backup for my Medisoft Billing software Data?
1. Set-it and Forget it. Once you have implemented an off-site backup, it will automatically backup your files nightly and then e-mail you status reports of each backup it performs. You can rest easy knowing you backup is working correctly.
2. No need for CD’s or removable hard drives. Typical on-site backup solutions require that you load a cd or plug in a removable hard drive into your computer to conduct the backup. With an off-site backup solution there is no need for this. During an off-site backup, all files are transferred via the internet to another location.
How does an Off-Site Data Backup work?
Basically there are 2 parts of an off-site backup system.
1. A backup program is used to backup specific files or directories on your Medisoft Medical Billing software server. This backup program sends these files via the internet to a remote computer running a FTP server (File-Transfer-Program).
2. A FTP server (File-Transfer-Program) is used to receive the files from the backup program running on the Medisoft Billing Software server.
The Medisoft billing software data backup solution works by backing up the files you have selected for backup incrementally. This means that on a daily basis the backup program will only backup the files that have changed during the day. This has greater efficiency as it reduces the size of the backup and allows you to fit more daily backups on a single hard drive.
The backup program will backup the files that have been monitored and send them via internet to your remote FTP server. The remote FTP server will be configured on a Web-Hosting account such as GoDaddy, BlueHost, HostGator or a home computer that remains on 24/7.
An off-site data backup solution is a crucial safeguard you need to have in place to ensure your Medisoft medical billing software data is safe.
This article was just a summary of how the technology works. If you are interested in implementing this solution for your Medical practice, feel free to send us an e-mail via our contact page and one of our technicians will gladly help you with the details.
on May 30th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
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