TO TREAT OR CURE THEM YOU MUST KEEP THEM SAFE
TO TREAT OR CURE THEM YOU MUST KEEP THEM SAFE
Sentinel Events Definition of a Sentinel Event according to The Joint Commission (TJC): “A sentinel event is an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof. Serious...
There have been several recent articles concerning the potential of MERS corona-virus spreading globally from Saudi Arabia. Among the challenges confronting the World Health Organization (WHO) concerns mass religious gatherings that will bring approximately...
 According to a recent article published by the Washington Post, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has mandated that Rabbit owners must develop a disaster plan for their small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha. Experts were...
Based on good responses and comments on LinkedIn and our site, we went back to our 2006 contributions to the Journal of Healthcare Risk Management, Monograph, Volume 26, Issue 2 to review those comments relative to the Religion and the end of Life. Although, there was...
The issue of “End of Life Decisions†and when and who makes those existential calls are and have been the subject of considerable controversy, and which I have watched over many years. In 2006, I was a participant in an American Society...
The recent CNN Opinion piece “Bringing medical misdeeds into the light†ruffled the feathers of the 6,000 members of the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM). The article came to the...
Few would question that the triple + one all-hazards threats are measurably greater than when the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21 was released by the White House in 2007 (Public Health and Medical Preparedness). Evolving Infectious Diseases, More Frequent...
Post 9/11, 2001 a group of seasoned (old) like-minded healthcare professionals met to discuss how we could make some meaningful contribution to the nation’s strategy for Homeland Security protection. Our first task centered on finding the answer to...
Secretary Napolitano has been a little testy when asked about the level of all-hazards readiness within the Private Sector. She has good reason to be concerned about many private sector industries  where up to 90% of the response capacity is owned and...
“We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us†- Winston Churchill. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Healthcare Design and Construction Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities are generally accepted as the...
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