by James Blair | May 5, 2014 | Biological, Oversight, Public Health
In what appears to be the first US case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a man has been quarantined in Munster, Indiana with MERS. The disease has reportedly infected over 370 people in Saudi Arabia, with a 30% fatality rate. According to the Chicago...
by James Blair | May 1, 2014 | Explosive, Hurricane
May 1, 2014 The explosion at the Pensacola, Florida jail and subsequent evacuation of 600 prisoners raises some important questions for Hospital Emergency Management, among them: Do we have surge capacity for mass casualties? Do we have a plan to treat forensic...
by James Blair | Apr 30, 2014 | Accreditation, Hurricane, Public Health, Terrorism, Tornado
As we were reviewing the events that led up to adding 3178-P Proposed Rule into the Federal Register, we looked back over the available guidance going back to 9/11 to identify sources that might have saved lives in Katrina and other major disasters. We found two...
by James Blair | Mar 12, 2014 | Accreditation, Cost Control, Long Term Care, Oversight, Public Health, Quality Assessment and Improvement (QAPI)
Background: This Proposed CMS Rule was introduced very quietly into the Federal Register on December 27, 2013, right in the middle of the holiday season. We were a little surprised at the timing and knew that these proposed changes would have a major impact on the...
by James Blair | Feb 19, 2014 | Accreditation, Corruption, Cost Control, Logistics, Long Term Care, Oversight, Public Health
We originally published this article in Journal of Healthcare Protection Management, volume 28, #1, in early 2012. Many of the same issues exist today and some have become worse, as noted at the end of the article. Drugs, drugs – who has the drugs? Dr. James...
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