September is recognized as Emergency Preparedness Month in the United States, as an annual reminder that the best way to minimize damage after a disaster is by being ready before it happens. So far in 2022, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has already...
Unfortunately, natural and man-made disasters are events that Americans have become accustomed to seeing in the news. From wildfires in the West to hurricanes in the East, these catastrophes are staple topics in the news cycle. These events trigger critical questions....
Standing on the hard concrete floor in a convention center in 2021, I watched as nurses made frustrated and frantic calls to hospitals and nursing homes. Hurricane Ida had swept through Louisiana one week prior, and now instead of booths with branded giveaways, rows...
Natural disasters continue to increase in frequency and severity on a global scale, limiting real-world opportunities for individual localities to train personnel, test plans, and apply lessons learned from previous disasters. Consequently, planning and drilling are...
HIETexas Patient Unified Lookup System for Emergencies™ (PULSE) Enterprise provides emergency medical response personnel in Louisiana with access to vital health information to improve care for evacuated residents September 30, 2021 06:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time...
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of adopting healthcare emergency preparedness and response plans that are flexible and scalable. During a recent HLTH webinar entitled “In Case of Emergency: Next-Generation Preparedness & Response,” health IT...
In 2021, emergency planning is more complicated than ever due to an increase in the frequency and types of events, including concurrent incidents, spanning natural disasters, public health emergencies, and man-made events. As emergencies occur more often, it is...
