Reply to this post stating how to

Reply to this post stating how to prepare for a natural disaster in the hospital Having lived in Houston, Texas, Detroit, Michigan, and Los Angeles, California has enlightened me on all types of natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes. Natural disasters according to Homeland Security (2022) “include all types of severe weather, which have the potential to pose a significant threat to human health and safety, property, critical infrastructure, and homeland security. Natural disasters occur both seasonally and without warning, subjecting the nation to frequent periods of insecurity, disruption, and economic loss…and include winter storms, floods, tornados, hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, or any combination thereof.” Homeland Security (2022) goes further and pointed out that an idealistic preparation goal of the world is “A secure and resilient nation with the capabilities required across the whole community to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk.” With that in mind, let us look at what happens if a natural disaster occurs destroying electrical lines and internet servers. Natural disasters are inevitable and may happen more often than one may think. Regarding health information it is of utmost importance to always guarantee security and access to those records. Hebda et al., (2019) introduced the reader to the concept of business-continuity management (BCM) which is the procedure of facilities can stand firm against any interference or interruption and bring functions back to normal. With that in mind Hebda et al., (2019) pointed out that continuity planning also known as business-continuity management (BCP) should be in place and implemented if a national disaster occurs including but not limited to the recovery of all relevant data, all crucial applications, all hypertext transfer communications via the WWW, all servers, and networks of the facility. Snell (2018) pointed out the fact that regardless of organizations size it must protect all health information. Snell (2018) further pointed out that “having a current and comprehensive backup plan and contingency plan are also federal requirements under the HIPAA Security Rule. The Security Rule requires a data backup plan, a disaster recovery plan, and an emergency mode operation plan.” Snell (2018) went even further and emphasized the importance that “Covered entities must have contingency plans that establish policies and procedures for responding to an emergency or other occurrence (fire, system failure and natural disaster) that damages systems.” With these implementations, PrognoCIS (2017) let the reader know that “using EHR software, you can be sure that your medical records are protected from damage or loss during a disaster situation. Whether your area has been affected by the recent natural disasters, your patient records and charts will remain secure and accessible in the EHR.” This will keep the patient’s information protected and accessible in the event of a natural disaster. Patient care would be uninterrupted by implementing practices and information from the business-management continuity plan. Research shows that having some sort of continuity or contingency plan included in your planning of EHR systems will carry the organization through the preverbal storm. Keeping ahead of a problem is having the education and data to support evidence-based practice to weather any disasters. Improvements in technology are ongoing and so should the business-management continuity plan. SCIENCE HEALTH SCIENCE NURSING NURSING BS N494

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