Keep patient care uninterrupted — before, during, and after any disaster.
Patients trust hospitals and clinics with their lives and their data. Any downtime is expensive, leads to poor patient care, and carries serious regulatory consequences. A solid business continuity plan assists healthcare facilities in avoiding downtime in the event of natural disasters, security threats, and other disruptive events — and should be robust enough to cover four to six weeks of continuity in the wake of a major incident.
Government regulations including HIPAA require hospitals to secure all medical information, while accreditation bodies such as The Joint Commission mandate emergency preparedness programs. SIB provides full-spectrum BC/DR planning adhering to industry-best practices — with certified subject matter expertise across every aspect of engagement.
of operational continuity a robust healthcare BCP should be capable of sustaining after a major attack
mandates hospitals to secure all medical information — a robust BC/DR program is a regulatory requirement
cloud-based plan access — available to your team from anywhere during a disaster
For hospitals and clinics, BC and DR are not separate disciplines — they are complementary pillars of the same patient-safety imperative.
Involves getting all essential IT infrastructure and operations back up and running after a disruptive event. As hospitals rely increasingly on IT applications to store patient medical information, a solid IT DR program ensures clinical systems remain available to medical professionals.
Goes beyond redundant systems — it is an exhaustive approach that ensures critical services are delivered without interruption. BC planning covers call centers, mission-critical systems and applications, staff, vendors, suppliers, and non-disaster disruptions such as key staff departures.
SIB provides a state-of-the-art cloud-based BCDR planning, maintenance, and execution platform with emergency notification. Plans are hosted in a fail-proof infrastructure and can be accessed from anywhere during a disaster — with hospitals paying only for the services they use.
SIB delivers end-to-end BC/DR services — from initial risk assessment through live plan execution and testing.
Identify and assess variables that affect exposure to mission-critical business functions — helping hospitals realize their availability goals and understand where they are most vulnerable.
Identify and assess potential effects of interruptions to essential operations and IT applications. Assign and build RTO and RPO values according to best practices and industry standards.
Apply BIA results to identify resource requirements, perform gap analysis between recovery requirements and existing capabilities, and form practical recovery options tailored to your facility.
Generate business continuity plans that effectively address people, technology, facility, and other disruptions — covering every department and function within the hospital or clinic.
Business continuity plans are not simply theoretical — they need to be robust enough to be implemented. Regular testing and staff training ensure your team is prepared to execute when it matters.
Assign criticality levels to applications and systems based on their significance to hospital operations. Ensure resilience both during and after an incident — including natural disasters, cyber attacks, and power failures.
Besides HICS (Hospital Incident Command System), which can be used by any hospital to manage threats and planned events, hospitals must also concentrate on IT disaster recovery capabilities. High availability of systems is a major factor in patient satisfaction — there should be no room left for risk.
Building BC/DR plans for hospitals and clinics with multiple teams, departments, and divisions must be managed systematically. A BC/DR plan template along with an IT DR plan is the blueprint for strategies to deal with any crisis — from natural disasters and human-made events to IT system crashes and power failures.
SIB's certified experts will help you build a plan that meets regulatory requirements and keeps patient care uninterrupted.