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FAQ(s)
Frequently Asked Question(s).
FDA
Food and Drug Administration.
FERPA
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
FFS
Fee-for-Service.
File Shadowing
The asynchronous duplication of the production database on separate media to ensure data availability, currency and accuracy. File shadowing can be used as a disaster recovery solution if performed remotely, to improve both the recovery time and recovery point objectives.
Financial Impact
An operating expense that continues following an interruption or disaster, which as a result of the event cannot be offset by income and directly affects the financial position of the healthcare organization.
Flat File
This term usually refers to a file that consists of a series of fixed-length records that include some sort of record type code.
Format
Under HIPAA, this is those data elements that provide or control the enveloping or hierarchical structure, or assist in identifying data content of, a transaction.
Forward Recovery
The process of recovering a database to the point of failure by applying active journal or log data to the current backup files of the database.
FR or F.R.
Federal Register.
Full Operations Test
This test requires the simulated recovery of critical business functions across a business unit - it is the closest exercise to an actual disaster. Although a full operations test requires weeks of planning and considerable coordination of personnel and resources, the exercise provides a business unit with a level of confidence about their ability to recover in an actual event.