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by Chloe Williams

FAQ Friday: What Is the Data Retention Policy for dbtech Solutions?

dbtech does not apply a default delete setting within its system. This design choice prioritizes flexibility, giving healthcare organizations full control over how long documents and records are stored and when, or whether, they are removed. No Default Deletion, Maximum Flexibility Because every healthcare organization operates under its own policies,...


by Chloe Williams

How a Downtime Solution Supports Daily Operations

Healthcare organizations depend on their electronic health record (EHR) systems to function. When those systems go down, even for minutes, the ripple effects can slow registrations, delay medication administration, and put patient safety at risk. Yet downtime events, both planned and unplanned, are a reality every hospital and health system...


by Chloe Williams

How dbtech Downtime Integrates with Cerner EHR

Cerner is one of the most widely deployed electronic health record systems in the United States, serving hundreds of hospitals and health systems. But even Cerner is not immune to downtime. Scheduled maintenance windows, unexpected outages, network failures, and cybersecurity incidents can all take Cerner offline, leaving clinical and administrative...


by Chloe Williams

How to Build a Downtime Strategy That Works Across Multiple Locations

For single-hospital organizations, downtime planning is complicated enough. For multi-location health systems, those operating multiple hospitals, clinics, urgent care centers, and specialty practices, the challenge is exponentially more complex. A downtime event at one location can cascade across a shared network. EHR outages that affect a flagship hospital may simultaneously...


by Chloe Williams

How to Avoid Disaster Recovery

There is an uncomfortable truth in healthcare IT: most organizations spend far more time building disaster recovery plans than they do preventing disasters. The focus is on what to do after something goes wrong, not on how to ensure operations continue smoothly while it is happening. The most effective disaster...


by Chloe Williams

What Is Network Downtime? A Guide for Healthcare Organizations

If you work in healthcare IT, hospital administration, or clinical operations, you have almost certainly experienced network downtime. But what exactly is it, why does it happen, and, most importantly, what can healthcare organizations do to protect themselves when it does? What Is Network Downtime? Network downtime refers to any...


by Chloe Williams

FAQ Friday: Is the Downtime Solution Compatible With Our Existing EHR System?

Yes. The dbtech Downtime Solution is designed to be compatible with all major EHR systems, ensuring healthcare organizations can implement it without disrupting existing clinical workflows or requiring significant IT changes. Built for the EHR Systems You Already Use dbtech works seamlessly alongside leading EHR platforms including EPIC, Cerner, MEDITECH,...


by Chloe Williams

FAQ Friday: What Is Planned Downtime?

Planned downtime refers to a scheduled, pre-announced period during which systems, applications, or infrastructure are intentionally taken offline for maintenance, upgrades, or testing. Unlike unplanned downtime, it occurs with advance notice and gives healthcare organizations the opportunity to prepare staff, workflows, and contingency processes before access is interrupted. Scheduled Maintenance...


by Chloe Williams

What is Disaster Recovery?

Why Disaster Recovery Matters Today  A recent report shows that IT outages now cost businesses a median of $2 million per hour, underscoring how devastating downtime can be. This is especially critical for healthcare systems that rely on immediate access to patient data and clinical workflows.  When medical teams cannot...


by DB Technology

FAQ Friday: What Languages Does the dbtech Electronic Forms Solution Support?

Healthcare organizations serve increasingly diverse communities, making language accessibility a critical part of patient engagement and care delivery. dbtech’s electronic forms solution is designed with this reality in mind. Create Electronic Forms in Any Language dbtech’s electronic forms solution allows forms to be created in any language, giving healthcare organizations...


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