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Why Downtime Implementation Is Simpler Than You Think
The Misconception Holding Healthcare Organizations Back Ask most hospital IT directors why they haven’t implemented a downtime solution, and you’ll hear the same answer: “It’s a big project.” The assumption is that deploying a downtime system means months of integration work, custom development, staff retraining, and a significant capital investment. That assumption is wrong, and […]
May 13, 2026
Downtime and the Revenue Cycle: What Billing Teams Must Do the Moment the System Goes Down
The Revenue Cycle Is One of Downtime’s Biggest Casualties When an EHR goes down, the clinical conversation dominates: how do nurses document vital signs? Can physicians access historical patient data like lab results and medication administration reports? But while those critical questions are being answered, a quieter crisis is unfolding in the billing department. Revenue […]
What Your Downtime Plan Is Missing (and Most Organizations Don’t Know It)
The Downtime Plan That Fails When You Need It Most Most healthcare organizations have some form of a downtime plan. A binder. A set of printed forms. A policy document last updated two EHR versions ago. A SharePoint folder nobody can find when the system is down. Having a downtime plan and having an effective […]
How dbtech Integrates with Different EHRs to Reduce Downtime Risk
One Downtime Solution, Any EHR One of the most common questions healthcare organizations ask before evaluating a downtime solution is: will it work with our EHR? It’s a fair question, and for many IT teams, EHR compatibility is the deciding factor in whether a downtime project moves forward or gets shelved. The answer for dbtech […]
What a 15-Minute Outage Actually Costs: A Department-by-Department Breakdown
Fifteen Minutes Doesn’t Sound Like Much. Until You Add It Up. When healthcare IT teams present the case for a downtime solution to finance and executive leadership, they often hear a version of the same objection: “Our outages are usually short. Is it really worth the investment?” The answer is yes, and the math is […]
FAQ Friday: What Happens to Data Captured During Downtime Once the EHR Comes Back Online?
Data captured during a downtime event is not lost or left behind. dbtech’s Downtime Solution includes a structured, automated recovery process that ensures all information collected while your EHR was unavailable is transferred back into your primary system once it comes back online. The Challenge of Post-Downtime Recovery One of the most significant operational risks […]
May 8, 2026
Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing a Healthcare Downtime Solution
Downtime is not a question of if, it’s a question of when. According to research published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, 96% of hospitals experienced at least one unplanned EHR downtime event over a three-year period. And when outages hit, they hit hard: the average hospital loses an estimated $7,900 per minute when systems […]
May 4, 2026
How dbtech Integrates with Epic EHR to Extend Downtime Protection
Epic is the most widely deployed EHR in the United States, powering clinical workflows at many of the country’s largest health systems. But even Epic goes down. And when it does, hospitals using Epic face the same challenge as every other organization: how do you keep delivering care when your primary system is unavailable? dbtech’s […]
Downtime ROI: How to Justify EHR Backup Coverage to Finance and Executive Leadership
You know your organization needs a better downtime solution. Your clinical staff knows it. Your IT team knows it. The challenge is convincing Finance. Budget requests for downtime preparedness often lose out to competing priorities, new equipment, staffing, facility upgrades, because decision-makers struggle to quantify the return on investment for something that hasn’t happened yet, […]
How Downtime Workstations Overcome Network Downtime, Not Just EHR Outages
Most healthcare organizations think about downtime in terms of their EHR. When Epic goes down, or Cerner has an outage, that’s “downtime.” And they’re right, but they’re only half right. The more dangerous scenario is network downtime: when the network itself fails, and suddenly it’s not just one system that’s unavailable, it’s everything. Your EHR. […]
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