Plan Maintenance 

Once the plans are written they must be maintained and exercised to ensure that they will work when disaster strikes. The hospital is in a state of constant change along with the persistent need to meet audit and regulatory requirements.

Key areas addressed:

• Team training and testing.
• Implementation of recovery strategies.
• Contact information updated for personnel and vendors.
• System and application changes and the ensuing recovery modifications.
• Data backup strategies.
• Alternate site viability.
• Off site storage audit.
• Organization changes.
• Support roles.
• Review Business Impact Analysis (BIA).