Mini course · Intermediate level
Business Continuity in Healthcare
Keep essential care running when systems fail, suppliers stop or buildings close.
What is Business Continuity in Healthcare?
Healthcare must continue during IT outages, cyberattacks, power failures, supply disruptions, staff shortages and building loss. Business continuity planning identifies critical services and prepares ways to maintain or quickly restore them. This course covers business impact analysis, critical functions and recovery time objectives, continuity strategies, downtime procedures for IT failures, supplier risk, testing plans and recovery.
- Duration
- 1.5 hours
- Lessons
- 5
- Level
- Intermediate
- Format
- Online, self-paced
What you'll be able to do
- Distinguish business continuity from emergency response
- Conduct a business impact analysis for a described service
- Set recovery time objectives for critical functions
- Design downtime procedures for an IT system failure
- Identify supplier and single points of failure
- Plan and evaluate a continuity exercise
Who this course is for
Course content
5 lessons · 1.5 hours total · free preview available
1Why Continuity Matters
16 minFree preview· Course content
Why Continuity Matters
Disruptions that stop care.
2Business Impact Analysis
20 min· Course content
Business Impact Analysis
Available after you enroll.
3Continuity Strategies
18 min· Course content
Continuity Strategies
Available after you enroll.
4IT Downtime and Cyber Resilience
20 min· Course content
IT Downtime and Cyber Resilience
Available after you enroll.
5Testing and Recovery
16 min· Course content
Testing and Recovery
Available after you enroll.
Earn a credential employers can check
Every AIHCM credential has a unique ID that anyone can verify online in seconds.
Issued: on completion
How it works
- Finish all 5 lessons at your own pace.
- Get your digital credential with a unique ID.
- Share it — employers can verify it at aihcm.us.
Questions people ask
How is this different from emergency preparedness?
Emergency preparedness responds to incidents; business continuity keeps essential services running through and after disruption.
Does it cover cyberattacks?
Yes, especially downtime procedures for system outages.
Is it relevant for clinics?
Yes. Smaller providers are often more vulnerable to single points of failure.
Does it follow a specific standard?
It reflects widely used continuity management principles.