TO TREAT OR CURE THEM YOU MUST KEEP THEM SAFE
TO TREAT OR CURE THEM YOU MUST KEEP THEM SAFE
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...
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...
The June 2007 TJC posting of an alert to the hospital community to be prepared to implement a set of new and revised Elements of Performance (EP) was a shock to many in the industry. The new or revised all-hazards Elements of Performance were not new to existing...
This article from the Columbus Dispatch discusses two recent handgun deaths in hospitals, leaving unanswered questions about how to make hospitals safer for patients, visitors and staff in the face of rising crime. Excerpt:...
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...
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...
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...
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%...
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...
Going through some old articles written for the DC Examiner, I came across some articles that were published back  in 2009/2010. Since they  are as relevant today as when they were written, I have republished the links to the originals :...
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