ᶼ Congressional, DHS, DHHS, OSHA, EPA, NRC, DOD, DOE, State, Local, Tribal, Territorial and Oval Office, Healthcare Corporate Boards/Trustees, Hospital C-Suite Why Hurricane Sandy’s response looks like the Hurricane...
A Lucid Article on Terrorist Threats
In this well written blog post, Louis DeAnda described the emerging threats of terrorism, insurgency and organized crime and how they are blending to present a new threat profile that the country should be preparing to address. We like the overall holistic view and...
GAO-12-925 – Unsecured Nuclear Materials Put All at Risk
It is almost surreal how the world has become a place with so little accountability and so much apathy among those who have a moral responsibility to care for a trusting public. Welcome to Superman’s Bizarro World of the 21st century. This summer I...
Reflections on a Motto
In response to an ASIS Group discussion, I put together some thoughts about what I thought was a very good Motto: In today’s complex and sometimes bewildering world we see an endless array of clever and thought- provoking expressions of end-game...
Eldercare – The Coming Storm
Are your Parents and Loved Ones Safe? Prologue: Over the years my articles in “Inside Homeland Security†have addressed significant gaps in the Nation’s Healthcare and Public Healthcare Sector (HPH). The sector remains...
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...
Lack of Government Oversight, Fraud Impede Healthcare Emergency Readiness
Admittedly the Program on Government Oversight (POGO) goes after fraud some bad behavior in the Federal Government and their many contractors. Cheating on government contract bidding and even clever manipulation of the process has been with us for years. Periodically...
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