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A Smarter, Safer Approach to Hospital Security

Security Industry Association

Hospital security is tricky. A medical center should be a place of healing and provide a welcoming atmosphere, but the reality is that hospitals and medical campuses create environments that are difficult to monitor and secure and regularly experience violence. Zach Jory, Axon Enterprise. Body-Worn Cameras.

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Prolonged, wide-area electrical power failure

Emergency Planning

lifts [elevators] blocked: people possibly trapped in them trains stranded: people possibly stranded in them traffic control inoperable: possibility of accidents and queues at road junctions critical facilities (hospitals, police stations, etc.)

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Ep. 07: Spotlight on Business Continuity Programs in Healthcare | James Mitchell

The Failover Plan Podcast

Episode Summary: This week, Shane interviews James Mitchell- the Director of Organizational Resilience at the 724-bed Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, TX. The last few months he has been heavily involved with a historic pandemic response at Texas Children’s which involved a 140+ day activation of their incident command system.

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Experts Weigh In on How to Solve Healthcare IT Growing Pains

Pure Storage

As an example, healthcare institutions like Pederzoli Hospital are leveraging Pure Storage to accelerate patient examination and diagnosis, allowing more patients to be seen each day. It’s a highly regulatory managed set of infrastructures for those IT spaces, but that’s why it makes it great for folks like myself,” Tom said.

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EP22: Gamifying Business Continuity | James MacDonnell

The Failover Plan Podcast

But what he’s especially good at is developing ways to gamify business continuity activities. But what he’s especially good at is developing ways to gamify business continuity activities. You’re going to want to hear how it works and the benefits it has brought to many programs. Guest Links: jmacdonnell@bdo.com.

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Four Questions About the Covid-19 Pandemic

Emergency Planning

Hospitals need to develop very substantial surge capacity and greatly increase their infection control measures. This may involve deploying field hospitals and using the resources of military medicine. Sectors such as travel, hospitality, tourism, retail, the arts and entertainment will suffer closures and reorganisations.

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Guest Post: Leveraging the Advantages of Access Control and Intercom Integration

Security Industry Association

Together, they enable facility directors to screen visitors, track their whereabouts and document and record access control activities. Enhanced Visitor Management Some spaces, such as schools and certain areas in a hospital, need to always remain secured.