Health Information Compliance Alert
Self-Assessment: Do You Have Adequate EHR Contingency Planning?
Safety and safe use are big concerns when it comes to electronic health records (EHRs), and you should perform periodic self-assessments to identify areas for improvement and those areas that may need updating of policies and procedures — especially when you’re dealing with Meaningful Use and HIPAA Security Rule requirements.
Identify your organization’s contingency planning areas of concern using this self-assessment checklist from the Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER) guide on Contingency Planning, created by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC):
Source: www.healthit.gov/sites/safer/files/guides/safer_contingencyplanning_sg003_form_0.pdf 
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