This is an excellent multimedia article on preparedness with interactive slide show, audio interview and a couple videos. The author was also quoted in the article and audio interview concerning his book "DEADLY NEGLECT: Apathy and Denial vs, Act of God", a harrowing...
Nursing Homes Get Another Pass – How Many Have to Die?
In a scathing Department of Health and Human Services report that comes on the heels of the GAO report in our last post, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that while self reporting of emergency preparedness by Long Term Care (LTC) facilities showed a 92%...
Nursing Homes Still Lacking in All Hazards Preparedness
34% of bodies recovered from the New Orleans metro area after Katrina were found in Hospitals and Nursing Homes – Where was the Outrage? As a boy I heard the story how some pirates tortured and murdered their captives in a way that seemed infinitely...
Comments Docket ID FEMA-2008-0017, 14 Jan 2010
Comments Docket ID FEMA-2008-0017, 14 Jan 2010 PRIVATE SECTOR PREPAREDNESS PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE SECTOR  The development of standards within a new Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Program for the Healthcare Industry should not be...
Last call: The Healthcare Supply Chain Vulnerability
by Jim Rush, contributing Editor Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of articles we will feature from our good friend, Jim Rush. It was originally published in Big Medicine, a Healthcare Logistics Website. Jim has deep expertise in Healthcare supply chains...
Hospital Safety: Bio Terror, Bio Error
This is the third in a series of emergency preparedness and biological agent articles published in Family Security Matters, a blog dedicated to engaging families in our Nation’s Security and emergency preparedness. The article includes...
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