TO TREAT OR CURE THEM YOU MUST KEEP THEM SAFE
TO TREAT OR CURE THEM YOU MUST KEEP THEM SAFE
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...
The perfect setting, perfect timing, perfect sizing, and perfect response. The City of Boston is and should be proud of its outstanding response to the dreaded “terrorist bombâ€. Nothing said here should take away any of the...
Over the last two decades, we have analyzed terrorist groups and the potential for likely future attacks-and target strategy based on the tactics which seemed to achieve the desired outcome. Chechen Separatists tactics “ran the table†on...
Day one: We witnessed a cacophony of information and misinformation based on verified, unverified fact and fiction. Sins of omission and commission drove many to see or hear what they wanted to see or hear. When you tell me that there is “black...
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...
The December 8th, 2010 Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) article -Hospital Shootings Rare: But Other Assaults High, received a lot of attention on the internet. This is based an article we published in the Journal for Healthcare Protection. We were...
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