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Incident Response & Operations

Emergency Mode Operation Plan

Procedures to keep critical ePHI processes running during an emergency.

An Emergency Mode Operation Plan is a required element of HIPAA's contingency plan: procedures that enable an organization to continue critical business processes and protect the security of ePHI while operating in emergency mode.

Where a disaster recovery plan focuses on restoring systems afterward, the emergency mode operation plan is about keeping essential functions safely running during the disruption.