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FAQ Friday: What Are the Key Features of dbtech’s Downtime Solution?
dbtech’s Downtime Solution is a comprehensive platform designed to keep healthcare organizations running during EHR and network outages. It goes well beyond simple data backup, providing the tools, workflows, and integrations your clinical and administrative teams need to continue delivering quality care when primary systems are unavailable. All-in-One EHR and Network Downtime Coverage dbtech serves […]
May 22, 2026
Documenting Notes During EHR Downtime
When an EHR system goes offline, clinical documentation does not stop. Nurses still need to record medication administration. Physicians still need to document assessments and orders. Registration staff still need to capture patient information. The question is not whether your team will document during a downtime event. The question is whether that documentation will be […]
How a Hospital Functions During EHR Downtime
EHR downtime does not affect just one department. It reaches into every corner of a hospital simultaneously, registration, nursing units, pharmacy, lab, radiology, the emergency department, and the c-suite all feel it at once. The experience of a hospital in the middle of a downtime event looks dramatically different depending on whether it has a […]
How EHR Downtime Disrupts Patient Registration and How to Solve It
Patient registration is where the hospital’s relationship with every patient begins. It is also one of the first workflows to collapse when an EHR goes offline. The problems that start at registration during a downtime event do not stay in registration, they travel downstream through clinical care, billing, and compliance, creating compounding consequences that last […]
How EHR Downtime Affects Hospital IT Teams
When an EHR system goes offline, the clinical teams feel it immediately. Nurses cannot pull medication records. Registration staff lose access to patient histories. Physicians cannot enter orders. But there is another group that carries the full weight of a downtime event from the first minute to the last: the hospital’s IT team. Understanding what […]
The Real Cost of EHR Downtime, And How Healthcare Organizations Can Save Millions
Every hospital administrator knows downtime is coming. What most don’t fully grasp is just how much it costs when it arrives. Studies consistently place the financial damage of EHR downtime between $7,500 and $7,900 per minute for average healthcare organizations. For large health systems, that number climbs even higher. Over the course of a single […]
FAQ Friday: Does dbtech’s Downtime Solution Integrate With MEDITECH EHR?
Yes. dbtech’s Downtime Solution integrates with your MEDITECH EHR, giving healthcare organizations running MEDITECH the same level of downtime preparedness and clinical continuity available to users of other major EHR platforms. MEDITECH Is a Supported EHR Platform MEDITECH is one of the most widely used EHR systems in community hospitals, critical access hospitals, and ambulatory […]
May 15, 2026
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 […]
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