Purpose Health
Client Case Study · EHR Resiliency
Citizens Memorial Hospital · Bolivar, Missouri

Ready for disaster.
Every day, not once a year.

Citizens Memorial Hospital, a fully integrated health system in Bolivar, Missouri with 32 primary and specialty care clinics, needed disaster recovery that stays effective between annual tests. Purpose Health's HITRUST-certified, AWS-powered EHR Resiliency Solution gave CMH a continuously verified recovery site with a 2-hour RTO, 4-hour RPO, and 30–40% lower cost than the alternatives.

EHR Resiliency
AWS Elastic DR
HITRUST Certified
Routine Testing
30–40% Savings
The Challenge

One test a year isn't a disaster recovery plan.

CMH, a HIMSS Davies Award winner, a CHIME Most Wired hospital, and one of the Top 10 rural hospitals in America, runs advanced EHR systems that its clinicians depend on daily. Its insurance policies demanded a disaster recovery solution that goes beyond the annual efficiency test: one that stays effective through every EHR update and system change, and stands up to catastrophic events and ransomware attacks alike.

Enter Purpose Health
01

A "Luke-Warm" Recovery Site

A secure, highly reliable AWS site environment that holds up during catastrophic events and ransomware attacks, at lower cost and higher reliability than on-premise data centers, private clouds, or hot-site alternatives.

02

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

Implemented across CMH's servers, automating data protection over AWS services and hybrid workloads and cutting both downtime and data loss.

03

Routine Resiliency Tests

The turn-key solution includes routine EHR resiliency tests and practice runs whenever needed, so verification never waits for the annual test.

04

HITRUST-Certified Landing Zone

The recovery environment doubles as a packaged, certified pathway to the cloud, so CMH can migrate other projects and systems quickly, safely, and securely.

05

No Up-Front Costs

A resilient EHR with no capital outlay, structured to reduce recovery and resiliency assurance costs long term.

What the Program Produced

2-hour RTO, 4-hour RPO

Exceptional recovery objectives with minimal downtime.

Costs cut 30–40%

Versus comparable alternatives, with no up-front costs.

Continuously verified

Routine resiliency tests and practice runs keep the safeguard proven, satisfying insurance requirements.

A path to the cloud

The HITRUST-certified landing zone opens an easy migration route for other systems.

The Engagement · Entry to Departure
01
Point of Entry

An advanced EHR environment, an insurance mandate, and a DR plan verified only once a year.

02
Design

A luke-warm AWS site environment chosen over on-premise, private cloud, and hot-site alternatives.

03
Implementation

Elastic Disaster Recovery deployed across CMH's servers; data protection automated across systems.

04
Continuous Verification

Routine resiliency tests and practice runs keep the safeguard effective through every EHR update.

05
Point of Departure

A 2-hour RTO and 4-hour RPO at 30–40% lower cost, with a certified landing zone ready for the next migration.

Why Purpose Health Made a Difference

HITRUST certified

The resiliency solution and landing zone carry the certification healthcare compliance teams ask for by name.

Right-sized recovery

A luke-warm site beats hot-site pricing and on-premise reliability, keeping patient care operations stable at 30–40% lower cost.

Verification as a service

Routine tests and practice runs come with the solution; CMH staffs no separate testing project.

Turn-key delivery

One package covers replication, testing, and the certified cloud pathway, with no up-front costs.

Where This Model Applies

Insurance-driven requirements

When policies demand recovery capability that stays proven between annual tests.

Ransomware readiness

A recovery site that holds up during attacks and catastrophic events, keeping critical data available.

First step to the cloud

The HITRUST-certified landing zone becomes the migration path for the systems that follow.

Start the Conversation

Prove your recovery plan. Continuously.

Whether your insurer wants more than an annual test, ransomware has changed your risk picture, or your recovery site costs more than it should, our EHR Resiliency Solution is built for exactly this work.

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