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Considerations and benefits of implementing an online database tool for business continuity

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  • Mackinnon, Susanne
  • Pinette, Jennifer

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In today’s challenging climate of ongoing fiscal restraints, limited resources and complex organisational structures there is an acute need to investigate opportunities to facilitate enhanced delivery of business continuity programmes while maintaining or increasing acceptable levels of service delivery. In 2013, Health Emergency Management British Columbia (HEMBC), responsible for emergency management and business continuity activities across British Columbia’s health sector, transitioned its business continuity programme from a manual to automated process with the development of a customised online database, known as the Health Emergency Management Assessment Tool (HEMAT). Key benefits to date include a more efficient business continuity input process, immediate situational awareness for use in emergency response and/or advanced planning and streamlined analyses for generation of reports.

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  • Mackinnon, Susanne & Pinette, Jennifer, 2016. "Considerations and benefits of implementing an online database tool for business continuity," Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 9(3), pages 272-280, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:jbcep0:y:2016:v:9:i:3:p:272-280
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    Keywords

    business continuity; emergency managemen; technology; online tools; database; healthcare;
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    JEL classification:

    • M1 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

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