All CLEAR? Preparing for IT Downtime

作者:Kashiwagi Deanne T; Sexton Meredie D; Graves C Estelle Souchet; Johnson Jay M; Callies Byron I Jr; Yu Roger C; Thompson Jeffrey M
来源:American Journal of Medical Quality, 2017, 32(5): 547-551.
DOI:10.1177/1062860616667546

摘要

<jats:p> Health care information technology (IT) outages pose a threat to patient safety and patient care continuity. Organizations’ downtime plans must be updated regularly and staff at the work area level should have experience with implementing IT outage operations through downtime drills. This article describes the study institution’s IT Outage Toolkit, based on the acronym CLEAR, which guides the development of a downtime plan as well as design, execution, and assessment of work area downtime drills. Self-report and external audits of downtime drills help identify performance gaps and gaps in downtime plans. </jats:p>

  • 出版日期2017-10