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Implementing Regular and Redundant Backups

About Regular and Redundant Backups

Making regular and redundant backups is a simple practice you can implement to help protect against data loss and ensure the continuity of your business.

Regular and redundant backups are designed to provide a dual layer of protection:

  • Regular backups guard against the potential for a loss of data that would be difficult or impossible to replace.
  • Redundant backups
September 16th, 2021|Financial, Franchise, Healthcare, Small Business|

Minimizing Your Data Risks with Secure Passwords

Business owners must strike a careful balance between maintaining easy access to digital files and safeguarding the business’s confidential data. Hackers are becoming more and more sophisticated, which means it’s more important than ever to use secure passwords for all your files and devices.

To stay safe, your business’s password security must evolve to keep pace with advancing risks. Make sure you understand

Risk Management Tips by Industry

At Lockton Affinity, we custom tailor, implement and manage insurance solutions for a wide variety of industries. Along with customized insurance programs, we provide risk management resources, too.

Find your industry below to browse risk management tips that apply to you and your organization.

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Franchise Systems

Risk Management Tips for the Home Care Industry

Workers in the home care industry are subject to more frequent and severe injuries than providers who work in controlled settings. At Lockton Affinity, our approach is based on providing exception, personal service, partnership and free resources. These risk and claims management tips are designed to help keep your staff, clients and business safe:

  • Communicate with clients.

Discuss with each client that

June 25th, 2018|Healthcare|

Why Proper Medical Documentation is Critical

As a healthcare professional, you know proper medical documentation is important for many reasons. With precise information, each health care professional to treat a patient can review the correct information at various stages of treatment and provide the best care.

Detailed information is also extremely important in the case of a malpractice lawsuit against members of the health care team. Comprehensive, professional

March 22nd, 2018|Healthcare|

Developing Good Rapport With Patients

As a health care professional, it’s important for you to establish good communication and trust with your patients. Studies have shown that patient satisfaction and health outcomes are both affected by whether patients feel that the people caring for them are sensitive to their needs and empathize with them.

The Press Ganey National Hospital Priority Index surveys patients in hospitals

December 14th, 2015|Healthcare|

“I’m Sorry” Laws and Lawsuit Risk

Miscommunication or poor communication between health care providers and patients or their families—particularly in the event of an adverse outcome or incident—is known to result in increased numbers of malpractice lawsuits. When health care providers have the opportunity to express condolences or apologies to patients and families without fear of having those words used against them in court, it can go a

November 12th, 2015|Healthcare|