Business Continuity PlanningPresentation to Management

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What is Business Continuity Planning (BCP)?A proactive process that identifies and prioritizes the critical functions and the likely threats to those functions. From this information, plans and procedures are developed through a regular program of personnel training, plan testing, and maintenance. These management disciplines, processes, and techniques provide business continuity for critical business functions under the circumstances and limits set by senior management.

These circumstances and limits include: Defining worst-case scenarios used for business continuity planning. Approving the funding and staffing of the company's BCP Program.

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Why Should we do Business Continuity Planning (BCP)?

It is the right thing to do for our patients, staff, and communities

It ensures compliance with our ever increasing regulatory requirements

It enhances our ability to avoid:

o Interruptions to patient care delivery

o Financial losses

o Regulatory fines

o Damage to equipment

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Why do we need Business Continuity Planning (BCP) “Governance”?

The organization’s senior management team is responsible for overseeing the businesscontinuity planning process, which includes:

Establishing policy by determining how the institution will manage and control identified risks;

Allocating knowledgeable personnel and sufficient financial resources to properly implement the BCP;

Ensuring that the BCP is reviewed and approved at least annually;

Ensuring employees are trained and aware of their roles in the implementation of the BCP;

Ensuring the BCP is regularly tested;

Reviewing the BCP testing program and test results on a regular basis; and

Ensuring the BCP is continually updated to reflect the current operating environment.

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How will we do it?

Business continuity is treated as a process, not a project

Methods are based on a proven, certifiable discipline

Plans start simply and increase in sophistication as teams gain confidence

Governance and is provided for by Senior Management

Established emergency management activities and protocols are interwoven into the BCP process

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Phases of Continuity Planning

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How will we maintain it? Create or update business continuity plans Maintain current emergency contact information that is easily

accessible Test Business Continuity Plans Assign key players to emergency response teams Establish alternate work arrangements Know the organization’s emergency management procedures Save all work products to department’s shared server Store a disaster kit (Grab and Go) under the desk with items needed

during an emergency

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Business Continuity Planning Lifecycle