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Continuity Planning

Overview

Business Continuity Planning

April 27, 2016

Business continuity planning is critical for hospitals and health care systems as they are a 24 hour a day, 365 days a year business. Any event or disaster that interrupts normal work processes must be planned for and have a continuity plan that explains how a business recovers operations.

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Hospital Evacuation
Lessons from the Caldor Fire

November 28, 2022

The primary objective of this presentation is to assist other health care facilities with improving their own response and business continuity plans in the event of a wildfire evacuation. Presenters share lessons learned from the full-scale evacuation of Barton Memorial Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facility in response to the Caldor Fire. We will discuss the logistical challenges of evacuating and repopulating a bistate rural health care system, explore staffing and personnel challenges and considerations, and review lessons learned.

Presenter:

  • April Boyde, MSSM, CPP, Safety and Security Manage
  • Elizabeth Stork, Chief Human Resource Officer, Barton Health

Downloadable Materials:

  • Hospital Evacuation (Lessons from the Caldor Fire) Presentation
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Health Industry Cybersecurity: Cyber Incident Checklist
Healthcare & Public Health Sector Coordinating Councils

May 11, 2022

This Operational Continuity-Cyber Incident (OCCI) checklist provides a flexible template for operational staff and executive management to respond to and recover from an extended enterprise outage due to a serious cyber attack. 

The checklist’s suggested operational structures and tasks can be modified or refined according to an organization’s size, resources, complexity and capabilities. 

The checklist represents the best collective thinking of private-sector cybersecurity and emergency management executives of the HSCC Incident Response/Business Continuity (IRBC) Task Group of the Health Sector Coordinating Council’s Cybersecurity Working Group (CWG). It is not associated in any way with any regulatory compliance program. 

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Preparing for the Financial Impacts of a Disaster

July 17, 2018

To help members plan for and respond to a disaster’s financial impacts, CHA has prepared the attached guide that outlines considerations for developing a financial preparedness and response plan. The guide includes a business stability and financial health planning checklist, as well as detailed information on the disaster declaration process and reimbursement assistance.

  • Preparing Hospitals for Disasters - a financial perspective
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Agility Recovery
Lessons Learned from Hurricane Harvey and Irma

November 9, 2017

Ten key lessons from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma

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Essential Functions and Considerations of Hospital Recovery
Harvard School of Public Health

December 15, 2016

Emergency Preparedness and Response Exercise Program was developed to assist hospitals with organizing, developing, and/or refining their recovery capabilities in accordance with federal guidance. The intent of this document is not to replace federal guidance but to help hospitals formulate comprehensive hospital emergency operations plans.

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Tips for Retaining and Caring for Staff after a Disaster

August 19, 2016

When a disaster strikes, access to services becomes even more critical. And yet hospital staff and emergency services providers can be victims of that same disaster. ASPR TRACIE has released an updated version of its Tips for Retaining and Caring for Staff after a Disaster to guide facility executives in assisting staff through the recovery period.

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  • ASPR TRACIE Website
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Community Continuity Resources

April 27, 2016

Community Health Resilience Initiative

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Hospital Business Continuity Templates

January 21, 2016

These Business Continuity Plan (BCP) templates and instruction manuals are provided by the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency as a resource to assist healthcare facilities develop their business continuity plans and meet the Hospital Preparedness Program’s Healthcare Preparedness Capability 2: Healthcare System Recovery, whose focus is an effective and efficient return to normalcy or a new standard of normalcy for the provision of healthcare delivery to the community.  The Los Angeles County EMS Agency has conducted several business continuity-related webinars and workshops.  These resources, including BIA tools, interviewing tips, and more are available at: http://ems.dhs.lacounty.gov/.

2016 Templates

Dept Clinical BCP Template with Instructions

Dept Clinical BCP Template

Dept Non-Clin BCP Template with Instructions

Dept Non-Clin BCP Template

Facility-Wide BCP Template with Instructions

Facility-Wide BCP Template

2015 Templates

Template – BCP General

Biomedical Engineering Template LAC

Emergency Department Template LAC

Pharmacy Template LAC

Clinics Template LAC

ICU Template LAC

Respiratory Template LAC

Diagnostic Imaging Template LAC

Nutrition Template LAC

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CDPH Business Continuity Webinar for Hospital Executives

February 6, 2015

As part of the federal hospital preparedness program grant, the California Department of Public Health Emergency Preparedness Office hosted a one-hour business continuity webinar for hospital executive leaders on March 5, 2015. The webinar is intended to help health care organizations build on their efforts to continue operations and maintain services during disasters, using real-world incidents as the context for strengthening a hospital’s capacity and strategic planning.

  • CDPH Hospital Preparedness Case Study
  • CDPH Continuity Training Flyer
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  • CDPH Business Continuity Webinar Materials
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Continuity 101
Angela Devlen, Wakefield Brunswick, Inc.

October 23, 2012

This presentation was delivered as part of the pre-conference workshop at the 2012 Disaster Planning for California Hospitals Conference on October 15, 2012.

This portion of the workshop was designed to educate hospitals on establishing and maintaining a continuity program that will allow the continuation of essential clinical, research, business and administrative operations in the event of natural, technological, man-made or public health emergencies.

  • Download the presentation: “Continuity 101″ (.pdf)
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Hospital Continuity Resources
A Toolkit for Healthcare Providers

October 2, 2012

CHA Hospital Continuity Program Checklist

  • Download CHA’s Hospital Contiuity Program Checklist (.doc)

Business Continuity Planning Toolkit

  • Download Word document (.doc)
  • Download PDF document (.pdf)

VI. Appendixes

  • Download Appendix D: Business Continuity Plan Tool (.xls)
  • Download Appendix D1: Technical Documentation for Maintaining Business Continuity Plan Tool (.doc)
  • Download Appendix E: Department Status Forms/Summary (.doc)
  • Download Appendix F: Business Continuity Planning PowerPoint to Management (.ppt)
  • Download Appendix G: Utilizing Your Business Continuity Plan (.ppt)

VII. Additional Example Plans/Resources

  • Download Sample Business Continuity Planning Presentation (.ppt)
  • Good Samaritan Hospital: Sample Continuity Plan (.pdf)

Other Continuity Resources

  • How to Conduct a Hospital Business Impact Analysis (.pdf)
  • Business Impact Analysis tool (.pdf)
  • EOP/Continuity Plan Table (.pdf)

 

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Continuity Planning Webinar
CDPH

March 19, 2014

CDPHi Continuity Planning Webinar 2014.

  • Download the CDPH Continuity Planning Webinar Slides
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Business Continuity Planning Suite
Developed by DHS National Protection and Programs Directorate and FEMA

October 23, 2012

This software was created for any business with the need to create, improve, or update its business continuity plan. The Suite is scalable for optimal use by organizations of any size and consists of a business continuity plan (BCP) training, automated BCP and disaster recovery plan (DRP) generators, and a self-directed exercise for testing an implemented BCP. Businesses can utilize this solution to maintain normal operations and provide resilience during a disruption.

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The Stafford Act

June 17, 2013

The Stafford Act encourages the development of comprehensive disaster preparedness assistance plans, programs and capabilities by State and local governments. It also provides grants and other assistance to state and local governments in the development of preparedness plans and procedures. 

  • Download the amended (April 2013) Stafford Act booklet (.pdf)
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Business Continuity for Small Hospitals
Barbara Dodge, University of Nebraska Medical Center

October 23, 2012

This workshop was delivered at the 2012 Disaster Planning for California Hospitals Conference on October 17, 2012.

The objective of the session was to focus on the unique needs and resources of small hospitals as they prepare for, respond to, and continue to offer services after a disaster occurs.

  • Download the presentation: “Soup to Nuts, OB to IT, Business Continuity for Small Hospitals″ (.pdf)
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FEMA Continuity Website Overview

July 6, 2015

The FEMA National Continuity Programs (NCP) Continuity of Operations (COOP) Division website is designed to be the central information source on continuity.

Primary Audience
Federal, State, Territorial, Tribal and Local government employees responsible for managing a Continuity of Operations Program.

Check out the Continuity Website Overview brochure to find out additional information!

  • Continuity Website Overview Brochure
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Continuity of Operations Plan Template
California Association of Health Facilities (CAHF)

May 22, 2014

This template is designed to assist long term care providers in developing an effective continuity of operations (COOP) plan for emergency scenarios.  While this template is designed for long term care, small and rural hospitals may find the template useful and adaptable.

  • Download the Continuity of Operations Plan Template
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Keeping Business Viable After a Disaster
Audio Lecture: Karl Matzke (Stanford Graduate School of Business alumnus and first responder) and FEMA administrator Craig Fugate

November 8, 2010

Getting businesses, big and small, back into a community and keeping them viable after disaster is an issue that affects the local landscape.

Listen to Karl Matzke, a Stanford Graduate School of Business alumnus and volunteer first responder, as he has a conversation with FEMA administrator Craig Fugate. Prior to FEMA, Fugate also worked in emergency management at the local and state level and brings insight to his role at FEMA.

The audio covers availalble resources for corporations and small to medium-sized businesses to prepare and protect themselves from the impact of disaster. For a community to maintain a healthy recovery, Fugate asserts that private and public groups must work collaboratively to help stabilize an environment after disaster.

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FEMA Reimbursement for Acute Care Hospitals Guide

December 17, 2012

YNHHS-CEPDR has developed “A Quick Guide: FEMA Reimbursement for Acute Care Hospitals”  that provides an overview of FEMA’s reimbursement process and outlines the tasks and corresponding timelines that must be met by acute care hospitals to successfully apply to FEMA for reimbursements of declared disaster-related expenses

  • Download the FEMA Reimbursement for Acute Care Hospitals Guide
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Continuity of Operations – Finance
Resources for Hospitals

February 17, 2011
  • Continuity of Operations: Financial Sustainability for Healthcare Facilities in Disasters
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