Contingency Plan for Disasters - Are You Prepared? - Webinar By MentorHealth August 30, 2012

Overview: Most medical and dental practices are ill prepared for disasters. In addition to the enormous difficulty in returning to business following a disaster, OSHA and HIPAA rules now require that medical and dental practices have a plan of action that will ensure that patient data will not be lost and to also have a plan in place to provide a return to care for its patients.

The final HIPAA Security Rule mandates that medical and dental practices assess which types of disasters could damage their systems that contain electronic protected health information and that they need to develop policies and procedures that will mitigate these risks by providing a plan for backup, storage, and recovery. In determining the possible disasters that could impact their practices, all possible disasters must be considered, even those with low risk. Once this is done, a plan of action needs to be documented that will detail the procedures that need to be done prior to any possible disaster, those that need to be performed when any disaster might be imminent, and those required following the disaster. This plan will need to lay out the jobs that will need to be handled by the different staff members. Failure to have such a plan in place can lead to fines and even jail time.

Why you should attend: Is your medical or dental practice compliant with HIPAA and OSHA rules? Most are woefully ill prepared and face the possibility of steep fines and even imprisonment of the practice owners if such a plan is not in place. Medical and dental practices face huge challenges in simply recovering from a disaster but now are required to have a plan in place that documents how they will be prepared for such an event prior to the disaster. This plan must detail how they will recover from all possible disasters and also ensure that they are prepared to protect patient health information and make that information available for continuation of care. Do you know what those rules are and how to prepare this plan? Attendees of "Contingency Plan for Disasters - Are You Prepared" will learn how to create just such a plan and be compliant with those rules.

Areas Covered in the Session:
Identify the many different types of disasters
Realize that there are other types of disasters aside from natural disasters
Learn about the HIPAA and OSHA rules that cover disaster contingency planning
Determine the steps for preparation of a disaster contingency plan
Establish an inventory list of necessary supplies
Learn how to develop a plan that identifies steps necessary when disasters are imminent
Discover the different communication steps that must be a part of a disaster contingency plan
Learn how important a plan of duties for all practice team members is as part of a disaster contingency plan
Review of steps that need to be taken to resume business

Who Will Benefit:
Physicians
Dentists
Practice Owners
Office Managers

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