by James Blair | Aug 24, 2014 | Earthquake, Posts - Natural Hazards, Public Health
According to the USGS, at 3:20AM, an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale shook the South Napa city area in Northern California, causing major damage and dozens of injuries. There were approximately 89 injuries reported, including three severely injured from...
by James Blair | Aug 22, 2014 | Civil Unrest, Explosive, Oversight, Posts - Manmade Hazards and Issues, Public Health, Terrorism, Workplace Violence
In the Ferguson, Missouri case of an unarmed black teenager killed by a white police officer, we have seen how quickly tensions can boil over; escalating from a small group of protesters to a full blown riot in the space of a few hours, and even minutes. Politics...
by James Blair | Aug 7, 2014 | Biological, Chemical / Biological, EBOLA, Public Health
Ebola is Spreading Rapidly and is “Out of Control” in Africa As the death toll climbs toward 1,000 in the worst Ebola outbreak in history, two American Missionaries who contracted the disease while treating patients in West Africa, were scheduled...
by James Blair | Aug 5, 2014 | Biological, Chemical / Biological, Long Term Care, Oversight, Public Health
In 2009, we wrote a series of articles for the Washington Examiner about the waves of H1N1 spreading across the country and the Public Healthcare System’s lack of preparedness. The following is a summary of the articles along with links to the originals....
by James Blair | Aug 1, 2014 | Accreditation, Corruption, Fraud and Abuse, Oversight, Posts - Manmade Hazards and Issues, Public Health, Quality Assessment and Improvement (QAPI), Terrorism, Veterans Administration
There is a difference between clinical safety and physical safety and this difference is neither understood nor acknowledged by the trade publications that create lists – and run advertisements of- the “Best†hospitals. The lack of Clinical Safety and the...
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