TO TREAT OR CURE THEM YOU MUST KEEP THEM SAFE
TO TREAT OR CURE THEM YOU MUST KEEP THEM SAFE
This post was originally published in 2014 and given the outrageous bombing of the Gaza Hospital yesterday that reportedly killed over 500 people, we feel it is relevant to post thoughts on previous International terrorist attacks on hospitals with links to extremist...
Originally posted to LinkedIn in April, this update reflects the large increase in Tuberculosis we predicted at the time: One hundred ten thousand immigrants have arrived in New York City over the last two years, placing a large burden on the city's housing, public...
Labor Day will be behind us and it is back to school for many. There may be signs that the summer heat will be gone soon. We should have a better idea about who will win the respective primaries. We may know more about climate change and what will we do if ISSL...
An article in the latest issue of Homeland Security Today discusses Federal preparedness for a large scale Chemical or Biological event. According to the conclusion of experts: If America were to be beset by a biological or chemical weapons attack, who would be...
In another example the lack of awareness and attention paid to All Hazards threats in the Healthcare industry, the 2015 Environmental Scan published by the American Hospital Association (AHA), in Hospitals and Health Networks Magazine, and Trustees Magazine, targeted...
It was bound to happen: After a few US Ebola cases, there would be calls for quarantine, something we warned of in our Aug. 19 post. A nurse returning from treating Ebola patients in West Africa has been been quarantined on return to the US this Friday, although she...
We found it incredible that the latest issue (November/December 2014) of Healthcare Executive Magazine, the flagship publication of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), had no mention of Ebola in the articles it ran. The...
As we look at the obvious lack of preparedness for this recent outbreak of Ebola and subsequent spread to healthcare workers in the US, we looked back at our coverage on this issue from April this year, and July, and the inevitable spread to the US and...
In a recent Bloomberg article that was mostly focused on the $1,000 per hour price of treating Ebola, our attention jumped to the rankings section of the article, and we were compelled to comment on the high ratings received by the hospital. “It is...
On July 1, 2011 the Advisory Committee to the Director, CDC published the "Ethical Considerations for Decision Making Regarding Allocation of Mechanical Ventilators during a Severe Influenza Pandemic or Other Public Health Emergency" an earlier document dealt...
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