67 % of remote staff are happy to allow family members to use their work computer , according to Iron Mountain
220ft below the earth , Iron Mountain has an underground data centre in a former mine
in a secure way is so important . For IT professionals working in the healthcare sector , there are issues around data storage , backup , archiving and disaster recovery , as well as business continuity – particularly where systems are being updated and changed . But also , data is growing at the rate that it is , and that proliferation of data in an IoT-enabled healthcare system can create useability problems for healthcare officials and technicians .”
Does McNair think that healthcare services are in need of accelerating their digital goals even further ?
“ Yes – it was already hard for healthcare workers to manage their data prior to the COVID-19 pandemic , then it got even harder . As we come out of the pandemic now with the healthcare backlog , we can properly review some of the challenges in the healthcare systems that need to change . It ' s about healthcare organisations being able to digitise some of that legacy where there ' s value in doing so at scale .
“ I think the pandemic-related work pressures have led to a huge amount of data backlog , which needs to be handled through efficient and effective automated digital systems – which is another challenge .
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