Topic Collection: Electronic Health Records and Downtime Procedures

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The topic collection is about electronic health records (EHR) and what to do when they are not working. It describes how hospitals and clinics can prepare for times when EHR systems go down. The links provided offer resources and lessons learned from dealing with infectious diseases while managing EHR downtime. These resources help healthcare providers maintain patient care even without access to digital records, ensuring that important information is still available during emergencies or technical issues.

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Focus Area: Infrastructure Failure

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Response

Keywords: Hospital Information Systems; Information Storage and Retrieval; Medical Informatics; Health Information Systems; Data Systems; Electronic Health Records; Health Information Management; Health Information Interoperability

Institutions: ASPR TRACIE

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