THE CHALLENGE Hospitals and health systems are reevaluating their business continuity plans, as natural disasters and growing cybersecurity risks threaten hospital operations. Woman’s Hospital confronted a disaster scenario in early August 2016, when Louisiana faced a severe weather system resulting in record-level flooding. The storm produced three times as much rain as Hurricane Katrina and required more than 30,000 people to be rescued from the rising floodwaters. Located near the campus’ lake that feeds into a bayou, Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge was at the center of the historic flooding and devastat ion. As the rain began on Aug. 1 1, Woman’s was about to test their hospital critical communications. Within the first 24 hours, physician offices began closing and landlines an

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