Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2016 Issue 22
4 HIPAA-Friendly Tips to Help You Plan Ahead for an EHR Outage
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Article Overview
This article summarizes practical contingency-planning considerations for healthcare practices that need to prepare for an electronic health record outage. It focuses on HIPAA-oriented readiness, staff training, backup resources, communication planning, and routine review of emergency procedures, and it references federal guidance from HHS, NIST, and ONC. It is most relevant to providers, practice managers, compliance staff, and anyone responsible for business continuity planning in a clinical setting.
Why This Topic Matters
EHR downtime can disrupt patient care, communication, and office operations, so advance planning helps organizations remain organized and compliant during an outage. The article highlights broad preparedness areas that matter to clinics seeking to strengthen continuity processes and align with federal guidance.
What You Will Learn
- How healthcare organizations can think about contingency planning for EHR downtime
- Why staff training and practice drills are part of outage preparedness
- What kinds of backup and auxiliary resources are considered in planning
- How communication and periodic review support continuity efforts
- Which federal organizations provide related guidance and resources
Who Should Read This
- Physicians
- Practice managers
- Compliance officers
- Healthcare administrators
- Medical office staff
- Health information management professionals
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