Business continuity

Business continuity is the ability of a business or organization to sustain operations in the midst of an event or events that halt critical operations or functions. In healthcare, these types of events can prevent the functioning of clinical applications, access to patient data or the ability to provide care and services to patients. If operations cannot be recovered during the event, then recovery activities will take place so that operations are restored in a reasonable amount of time. One strategy for maintaining business continuity as well as outlining planning, recovery and associated activities is to have a business continuity plan (BCP) in place. BCPs help businesses and organizations to recover from disastrous events so that operations can continue through or be up and running shortly after various interruptions.

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