A natural or man-made disaster can result in massive disruption to a hospital’s operations and detrimentally affect critical business processes. Hospitals need to establish and implement a business continuity and information technology plan to ensure critical functions can be reestablished quickly and efficiently. In this webinar, a leading hospital executive will review business continuity strategies and illustrate how a well-defined program – including training – can make all the different.
Attendees of this webinar will:
• Learn the 10 most important practices of a business continuity program
• Find out how planning and training can minimize disruption to critical operations.
• Get the inside scoop on how to best safeguard information technology systems.
• Learn what constitutes an acceptable loss during a disaster.
• Find out how to test your readiness through various exercises.
Target Audience: Hospital professionals responsible for disaster planning, emergency preparedness, emergency department, disaster medicine, patient safety, trauma, risk management, supply chain management, infection control, strategic planning, quality improvement, community health, public health
Speaker and/or Instructors: Mario J. Gonzalez, MPA, CEM, EMT
Emergency Preparedness Coordinator,
Community Health Care Association of New York State