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Ransomware continues to disrupt healthcare operations, threatening patient care and access to critical systems. An Epic Isolated Recovery Environment (IRE) provides a secure, cloud-based safeguard that enables organizations to maintain essential clinical workflows when on‑premises environments are compromised. Built as an immutable, air‑gapped copy of the Epic production database, the IRE remains dormant under normal conditions and can be rapidly activated to provide secure read-only or read/write access for clinicians during an attack.

This 10‑Minute Take shows how an Epic IRE works in practice, from dormant “pilot‑light” operation to rapid activation during a ransomware event. Viewers will learn how clinicians can securely access critical Epic workflows and how organizations can test and prepare for activation without end‑user disruption. The video also explains why an IRE is an effective first step into Epic on cloud—strengthening cyber resilience while laying the foundation for broader cloud modernization.