Word of the Day: pandemic planning

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Word of the Day Daily updates on the latest technology terms | January 28, 2019 pandemic planning Pandemic planning is a strategic approach to business continuity that anticipates and prepares for a widespread, dangerous outbreak of an infectious disease. Every pandemic plan should have two parts: it should document how the business' essential services will be provided in the event there is significant and sustained absenteeism, and it should explain how the business will implement and enforce non-pharmaceutical intervention. Non-pharmaceutical intervention describes how an organization will reduce contact between people to help prevent the spread of infection. A pandemic plan for a small business could be as simple as formally defining when employees should stay home. A more complex plan might document how workflow would be affected if there was a staff absentee rate of 40% or more. Continue reading... Today's Takeaway "The key is not to try to protect against every threat, but to have the most comprehensive picture possible of the risks facing the business, as well as an understanding of their likelihood, how deeply they will affect the business, and how long it would take to recover from them." -- Stephen Pritchard Related Terms business resilience Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tabletop exercise crisis management plan hot site and cold site business continuity action plan business continuity software IT continuity disaster recovery test incident response Tech Accelerator Healthcare data analytics detects emerging conditions Learn how healthcare organizations apply analytics to claims data in order to identify markers for emergent conditions. Seeing through the hype: Where AI in healthcare shines Learn about the role AI plays in nonclinical areas of healthcare. AI usage in healthcare upgrades imaging, analytics, automation Learn how AI is changing radiology, surgery and nursing. Universities use data analytics to tackle student mental health Learn how UK universities used data analytics software to tackle student mental health. 3 healthcare CIOs on what they think 2020 will bring Healthcare CIOs at Boston Medical Center, SCL Health and Northwell Health share what's on their agenda for 2020, as well as what they're taking away from 2019. Do You Speak Storage? Which architecture is better for storing unstructured data? a. storage area network (SAN) b. network-attached storage (NAS) Answer Stay in Touch Thank you for reading! For feedback about any of our definitions or to suggest a new definition (or learning resource) please contact us at: editor@whatIs.com FOLLOW US About This E-Newsletter The Word of the Day is published by TechTarget, Inc., 275 Grove Street, Newton, Massachusetts, 02466 US. Click to: Unsubscribe. You are receiving this email because you are a member of TechTarget. When you access content from this email, your information may be shared with the sponsors or future sponsors of that content and with our Partners, see up-to-date Partners List, as described in our Privacy Policy. For additional information, please contact: webmaster@techtarget.com. © 2019 TechTarget, Inc. all rights reserved. Designated trademarks, brands, logos, and service marks are the property of their respective owners. Privacy Policy | Partners List