Purpose
1.2. Automating backups supports adherence to healthcare laws (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR), protects sensitive patient records, prevents data loss, automates the backup of digital forms, and ensures continual documentation retention.
1.3. Automation guarantees backups occur at precise intervals without manual intervention, reduces risk of human error, and enables scalable, auditable backup processes.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Trigger automation on data change or new patient entry.
2.3. Use manual trigger for urgent, on-request backups via dashboard.
2.4. Automatically initiate on user logout or system idle status.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: drive.files.create API with automated OAuth, schedule via Google Apps Script triggers.
3.2. Dropbox
• Feature/Setting: /files/upload endpoint with automated access token, automate with scheduled triggers.
3.3. Microsoft OneDrive
• Feature/Setting: /drive/root/children API, automated via Microsoft Power Automate scheduled flows.
3.4. Amazon S3
• Feature/Setting: s3:PutObject API with automation scheduler (e.g., Lambda + EventBridge).
3.5. Box
• Feature/Setting: box.files.upload API, automated via Box CLI with cron job.
3.6. Backblaze B2
• Feature/Setting: b2_upload_file via API, automate trigger using serverless functions.
3.7. Wasabi
• Feature/Setting: S3-compatible PutObject, automate through third-party automator plugins.
3.8. pCloud
• Feature/Setting: Upload file API, automate rules via scheduled HTTP requests.
3.9. FTP/SFTP Servers
• Feature/Setting: Schedule automated scripts (e.g., WinSCP, lftp) to securely upload new files.
3.10. Oracle Cloud Object Storage
• Feature/Setting: Automated PUT object API, schedule using CLI batch automation.
3.11. IBM Cloud Object Storage
• Feature/Setting: Automatedly call PUT object endpoint via script, schedule runs for compliance.
3.12. Zoho Workdrive
• Feature/Setting: Files API automation via Zoho Creator tasks.
3.13. Egnyte
• Feature/Setting: Automatedly use upload API, scheduled by Egnyte Automation Templates.
3.14. Mega
• Feature/Setting: Automated batch uploads via SDK triggered by cron or scripts.
3.15. Nextcloud
• Feature/Setting: WebDAV automatedly triggered via rclone or custom job.
3.16. Sync.com
• Feature/Setting: Automated sync application with scheduled file monitoring.
3.17. iDrive
• Feature/Setting: Automated backup scheduler through iDrive API settings.
3.18. Acronis Cyber Protect
• Feature/Setting: Automate scheduled cloud backup jobs via Acronis API.
3.19. Google Cloud Storage
• Feature/Setting: Automatedly schedule gsutil cp jobs using cron or Cloud Scheduler.
3.20. Azure Blob Storage
• Feature/Setting: Automated Copy Blob API with Azure Logic Apps scheduler.
3.21. Datto Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Automated backup policy configuration using Datto API.
3.22. QNAP NAS
• Feature/Setting: Automated backup tasks via QNAP's Backup Station scheduler.
3.23. Synology NAS
• Feature/Setting: Active Backup scheduled tasks automated for specific folders.
Benefits
4.2. Reduces manual workload and error, automatedly running in background without intervention.
4.3. Simplifies audits with automated backup trails and logs.
4.4. Automates rapid data recovery during system failures to maintain business continuity.
4.5. Increases client trust through robust, visible automation of documentation practices.
4.6. Enables focus on patient care, eliminating distraction of manual processes with backup automator logic.
4.7. Supports scalability for multi-location clinics, as automation policies apply enterprise-wide.
4.8. Automation saves costs by reducing IT manual labor and downtime due to lost data.
4.9. Enables automatable reporting on backup status with email/SMS alerts.
4.10. Keeps backup activities confidential, timely, and automatically enforced for all documentation types.