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Hurricane Ian Reveals Continuing Vulnerabilities for Healthcare Facilities

DRI Drive

In 2012, the stories of hospitals fighting to maintain services and keep patients safe during Superstorm Sandy rocked the resilience field. 28, as Hurricane Ian made landfall as a Category 4 storm, at least 16 hospitals from […]. 10 years later, climate change may have made the dangers to vital facilities even more severe.

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How Hospitals Use Diagnostic Analytics & AI in Healthcare

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Healthcare organizations use diagnostic analytics platforms to understand why things happened—for instance, why a patient had to be hospitalized or why a particular treatment didn’t work as expected. AI-based healthcare analytics solutions have gained traction at many leading hospitals worldwide.

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CHG Healthcare Helps Hospitals Tackle Staff Shortages as Demand for Doctors and Nurses Soars

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These shortages have become more pressing during the COVID-19 pandemic, with hospitals overrun and in urgent need of additional doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel to treat and care for patients. Today, hospitals rely on digital platforms and talent management software to manage their staffing needs.

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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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The Beginnings of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP)

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

We were also stunned by the sense of extraordinary vulnerability to unknown forces that had also hit the Pentagon and had likely targeted the nation’s Capital. And do something to make our nation and the world less vulnerable. At the same time, I created the nation’s first pediatric disaster program at my Children’s Hospital.

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Helping Healthcare Organizations Stay Agile and Protect Data

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Meanwhile, the hospitals, physicians, and pharmacies affected by the attack are still struggling to resume normal operations and generate revenue. Increase visibility Take an inventory of your assets and potential points of entry, so you know what you have and why, and what might be vulnerable.

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5 Real-life business continuity planning cases you need to know

Online Computers

The attack also caused the COVID-19 vaccine portal to go offline and induced IT outages at five major hospitals, including Children’s Health Ireland. Sadly, city administrators knew about their computer systems’ vulnerabilities but had failed to take action in time. The 2016 computer virus that crippled UK hospitals.