How did EHRs fare during Hurricane Harvey? 5 things to know

Becker's Healthcare September 5, 2017
Jessica Kim Cohen

Hospital operations at various facilities took a hit in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, which struck the Texas coast Aug. 25.

Here are five things to know about how EHRs held up during the tropical storm.

1. Hospitals and health centers using paper records had the potential to lose patient information in the flood. “Even in the unfortunately case of a total loss of our physical facility, which thankfully didn’t happen, we could plug in to any location with remote backup and resume normal operations fairly quickly,” J. Stefan Walker, MD, who practices at Corpus Christi (Texas) Medical Associates, told Bloomberg BNA when asked about the group’s EHR.

2. In this way, EHRs helped to “blunt Hurricane Harvey’s impact” at...

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