by Davis Blair | Oct 8, 2014 | Accreditation, CBRNE, Cost Control, Fraud and Abuse, Long Term Care, Oversight, Public Health, Workplace Violence
This is the first of a three post series on the failure of external accreditation mechanisms to make the US Health Care Industry safer. The first post will serve as background and discuss the current state of Clinical Safety, while the next two will discuss All...
by Davis Blair | Oct 1, 2014 | Biological, Chemical / Biological, EBOLA, Public Health
Swing and a Miss: A man traveling from Liberia came into Dallas on the 20th of September, apparently healthy. Five days later he presented at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas with flu-like symptoms and after informing the hospital of his recent...
by Davis Blair | Sep 18, 2014 | Biological, Chemical / Biological, EBOLA, Military, Public Health, Terrorism
The United States will take the lead in the international response to the West African Ebola Epidemic with a large-scale operation led by the military to provide logistical, construction, materiel, command and control and operational coordinating functions....
by Davis Blair | Sep 12, 2014 | Biological, Chemical / Biological, EBOLA, Public Health, Terrorism
We have written several posts about the 2014 outbreak and have been alarmed at the lack of response by the International community to rally and intercept this growing threat. The current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is growing at an exponential rate, i.e.,...
by Davis Blair | Aug 19, 2014 | Biological, Chemical / Biological, EBOLA, Oversight, Public Health
In what seems like a rollercoaster ride of news and pronouncements concerning the 2014 Ebola outbreak, we have been told not to worry, Â it is a fragile virus that does not move easily between host and victim, it is not airborne, the US healthcare system can...
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