The Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a new report on subject materials, GAO-12-512T. This report address a long standing issue of the hazards associated with safety and security of very dangerous radiological materials use in hospitals and research...
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...
Terrorist Threat from Inside?
In this article, written for the International Association for Healthcare Safety and Security we ask the question: Could increased reliance on IMG’s (International Medical Graduates) who according to the author, ...
Emergency Readiness Myth – We Are Ready
Excerpted from the author’s book: Unready To Err is Human: The other neglected side of Hospital Safety and Security. MYTH: “Public and Private Healthcare sectors are capable of cooperating to respond adequately to...
Hospital Emergency Readiness – Major Challenges
We congratulate the Tuscon AZ response team from first responders to the AZ Medical Center ER, to all levels of clinical treatment. The limited scope of the tragic shooting incident allowed for the treatment of all victims in a timely manner. Unlike larger mass...
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...
Homeland Security Weakness: Public Heath and Healthcare Sector
This is the first in a series of articles published in Family Security Matters, a blog dedicated to engaging families in our Nation’s Security. The article includes information based on the author’s recent book: “Unready: TO ERR IS HUMAN, The Other Neglected...
Taps for Direct Healthcare for Military Retirees: The Slippery Slope
Our latest post discusses the closure of military healthcare facilities and the impact on veterans. Excerpt:Over the next few years you will see the number of military healthcare facilities cut in half. If past is prologue, the military healthcare system will be...
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