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These tabs cover your current state of readiness: what is due, whether your systems will survive an outage, and what the weather is doing.

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Compliance Calendar

Regulatory compliance deadlines, events, and milestone tracking. Columns: Title · Type · Due · Priority · Status · Completed The same calendar surfaced in Quality and audits, shown here because preparedness obligations have deadlines too — drill frequencies, plan reviews, and continuity attestations.

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IT Systems

IT system readiness for emergencies including backup power availability. Columns: System · Readiness · Backup Power
A system without backup power is unavailable during an outage, which matters most for anything your staff need in order to reach members. Record this honestly — an optimistic assessment here becomes a failure during an actual event.
Recovery targets for these systems are set in Plans and procedures as RTO and RPO values.

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Weather

Weather observations for emergency monitoring with temperature and conditions. Columns: Time · Temp F · Condition Weather monitoring supports operational decisions during developing events — whether to reschedule visits, activate a plan, or contact members early.
Extreme heat is a genuine risk for home care members, not just storms. A member without working air conditioning during a Texas summer needs the same attention as one in a flood zone.

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Assessing IT readiness

1

List every system staff depend on

Including anything needed to contact members or access their information.
2

Assess readiness for each

Consider what happens during a power loss, an internet outage, and a full site loss.
3

Record backup power availability

Honestly.
4

Compare against your recovery targets

A system with no backup power cannot meet a short RTO.
5

Review after any infrastructure change

New systems and changed arrangements both invalidate a previous assessment.

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During a developing event

1

Monitor conditions

Track the weather tab alongside official sources.
2

Identify at-risk members

Use Maps to see who is in the affected area.
3

Activate the relevant plan

See Plans and procedures.
4

Contact members early

Before conditions prevent it.
5

Consider contingency coverage

If you may not be able to deliver care. See Continuity.
Weather observations in OfficeRidge support your decisions; they are not an official forecast or warning service. Always rely on National Weather Service and state emergency management advisories for evacuation and warning decisions.

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Troubleshooting

Maps

Where your members and staff are.

Continuity

Backup agency coverage.