How would your answers to the other questions change if there was an interruption in service that lasted one hour, one day, one week, 2-4 weeks, 5 weeks or longer? Is time important in restoring your critical processes and functions? elapsed downtime Consider both (e.g., a laboratory monitoring process cannot be unavailable more time of year than one hour -or- this is the consequence if we are without e-mail for a week) and issues (e.g., an accounting function must be available on the first of each month for reconciliation purposes -or- admissions decisions must be released on a certain date). Knowing what your critical functions and processes are, what do you plan to do in the of a crisis concerning each of the BETH-3 items (buildings, equipment, technology, human resources, and third-parties)? For example, what alternate facilities will you need should your critical facilities become unavailable? Who are the responsible people for carrying out these plans? What can you do now to prepare for a crisis, even before you start to use your Action Plans?
How would your answers to the other questions change if there was an interruption in service that lasted one hour, one day, one week, 2-4 weeks, 5 weeks or longer? Is time important in restoring your critical processes and functions? Consider both elapsed downtime (e.g., a laboratory monitoring process cannot be unavailable more than one hour -or- this is the consequence if we are without e-mail for a week) and time of year issues (e.g., an accounting function must be available on the first of each month for reconciliation purposes -or- admissions decisions must be released on a certain date). Knowing what your critical functions and processes are, what do you plan to do in the of a crisis concerning each of the BETH-3 items (buildings, equipment, technology, human resources, and third-parties)? For example, what alternate facilities will you need should your critical facilities become unavailable? Who are the responsible people for carrying out these plans? What can you do now to prepare for a crisis, even before you start to use your Action Plans?
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