by Chloe Williams | May 4, 2026 | Downtime
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:...
by Chloe Williams | May 4, 2026 | Downtime
EHR downtime is a universal risk in healthcare. Whether you operate a two-physician family practice or a 500-bed academic medical center, system outages can disrupt patient care, create compliance exposure, and generate significant operational costs. But the way...
by Chloe Williams | May 4, 2026 | Downtime
When an EHR goes down, the conversation quickly turns to IT recovery timelines, data backups, and executive communications. But while leadership is managing the incident from a conference room, nurses are already on the floor doing the hard work: identifying patients,...
by Chloe Williams | May 4, 2026 | Downtime
MEDITECH is one of the most widely used EHR platforms in the country, particularly among community hospitals, critical access hospitals, and mid-sized health systems. Its reputation for stability and comprehensive clinical functionality has made it a cornerstone of...
by Chloe Williams | May 4, 2026 | Downtime
Most healthcare organizations focus their downtime planning on one question: how do we keep caring for patients while the system is down? That is the right priority. But there is a second question that matters just as much, and it tends to get less attention: what...
by Chloe Williams | May 4, 2026 | Downtime
Healthcare organizations put significant effort into building downtime plans: assembling binders, printing forms, setting up workstations, writing policies. Then they file everything away and move on to the next priority. The problem is that an untested downtime plan...
