title: Preparing your practice for any emergency scenario: your practice continuity plan.
abstract: A disaster resulting in a temporary cessation of your practice operations does not have to mean a permanent shut down of your practice if you are ready to meet possible interruption. With a plan in place and proper insurance coverage, a major or minor disaster can be met and overcome, and you can continue seeing your patients. It is important to review while an emergency--such as Hurricane Irene--is still fresh in your mind what happened and what needs to be done to strengthen your practice for the next time.
authors.affiliation: The Cascardo Consulting Group, New York Academy of Medicine, USA. dcascardo@aol.com
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cascardo
mesh_terms: D002959:Civil Defense / Q000458:organization & administration; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States