Disaster Planning for the Clinical Practice

Disaster Planning for the Clinical Practice
Neil Baum, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Urology, Tulane School of Medicine and Louisiana State University, John W. McDaniel, President and CEO, Peak Performance Physicians, LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana

Hardcover: 236 pages + bonus CD-ROM + extras
ISBN 0763750735
9780763750732
Jones & Bartlett
June 2008
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Most clinical practices are not prepared for a disaster, and failure to prepare for a disaster can have devastating consequences on a medical practice, the physicians, and the patients.

Includes a user-friendly CD ROM with forms, questionnaires, and charts!

Disaster Planning for the Clinical Practice describes the types of disasters that can affect medical practices, suggests steps for disaster planning, and identifies the necessary procedures for restarting the practice after a disaster has occurred. Natural disasters are not the most common cause of practice failure - man-made disasters such as computer crashes, power outages, and loss of electronic data are more likely to impact a medical practice.

This book offers suggestions on the preparation of a disaster plan that can be easily implemented into any health practice, and discusses how to overcome both natural and man-made disasters. Topics covered include:

Disasters Come in Many Shapes and Sizes -- The Types of Disasters that May Affect Your Practice
Technological Disasters
Preparing a Disaster Plan
Implementing the Practice Resumption Plan
Protecting and Recovering Practice Assets
Creating a Back Up Plan-Protecting Your Data
Before and After a Disaster: A Hospital Perspective
Insurance for Ameliorating the Pain of a Disaster
Finding an Alternative Site for Your Practice
Disaster Planning for the Employees

This is an essential resource for all practices - large, small, rural, and academic. Key features include:

The only book that is dedicated to the healthcare professional and his\her practice
Focuses on the unique aspects of healthcare and how caring for patients is different than any other service industry
Emphasizes the importance of speed in returning the practice to pre-disaster levels in order for doctors to continue to provide seamless care for their patients even in the face of a disaster

Neil Baum, MD, is a urologist in private practice and a clinical associate professor of urology at the Louisiana State University Medical School and the Tulane Medical School, both in New Orleans. He has served on the editorial boards of Postgraduate Medicine, Uro-Care, Medical Office Biller, Cost & Quality, Physician’s Payment Update, and Physician’s Marketing and Management and has been a monthly contributor to American Medical News and Health and Fitness. Dr. Baum is the author of several books – including Ecnetopmi – Impotence: It’s Reversible, Take Charge of Your Medical Practice: Practical Practice Management for the Managed Care Market, Urology Office Manual, Effective Letters for the Health Care Profession, and Impotence: It’s Curable.

Each chapter features true disaster case studies, questions doctors or office managers need to answer, and step-by-step recommendations for the implementation of the disaster plan, as well as dozens of templates and forms ready for immediate use.

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