All CLEAR? Preparing for IT downtime.
Kashiwagi DT, Sexton MD, Graves ES, et al. All CLEAR? Preparing for IT Downtime. Am J Med Qual. 2017;32(5):547-551. doi:10.1177/1062860616667546.
Due to the increasing integration of health care processes with information technology, unavailability of these systems can affect patient safety. This commentary describes the development and testing of a toolkit designed to help prepare organizations for downtime to reduce risks that may occur during a system outage.