TO TREAT OR CURE THEM YOU MUST KEEP THEM SAFE
TO TREAT OR CURE THEM YOU MUST KEEP THEM SAFE
As of today, only the Federal Healthcare Sector, about 10% of healthcare capacity in the US, is mandated to prepare for All-Hazards events, while the remaining 90% private sector has been expected to prepare voluntarily to meet their roles and responsibilities....
The Life You Save Could be Your Own, or that of Your Loved Ones This is a summary points made in our 2010 book "UNREADY: TO ERR IS HUMAN: The other Neglected Side of Hospital Safety and Security". Existing national efforts to protect patients from unnecessary...
Originally published in our book "Unready: To err is human - the other neglected side of Hospital Safety and Security" July, 2010 and as relevant four years later as it was on day one. Due to length, we have broken this into two posts, of which this is the second. For...
Originally published in our book "Unready: To err is human - the other neglected side of Hospital Safety and Security" July, 2010 and as relevant four years later as it was on day one. Due to length, we have broken this into two posts, of which this is the first. For...
We have a long history of writing and consulting on CBRNE and post-Katrina All Hazards threats in the healthcare environment. We are increasingly concerned about some of the new opportunities that open up as a result of emerging technology....
This is the second in a series on the potential for drones or Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAVs) to have a major negative impact on the privacy and security of all citizens in the country. There is little evidence that the private or corporate use of Drones by in the U.S....
There have been several recent articles concerning the potential of MERS corona-virus spreading globally from Saudi Arabia. Among the challenges confronting the World Health Organization (WHO) concerns mass religious gatherings that will bring approximately...
Readers: This post was originally published in the Washington Examiner, 10/22/2009. As with many issues that we cover, there has been little in the way of  progress. There is new concern for an old threat, Bioterrorism. Post 9/11, threat of non-state...
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...
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...
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