September is National Preparedness Month, which aims to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for emergencies. The American College of Healthcare Executives advises healthcare executives ...

Hospitals are in a unique position when disaster strikes. Predominately regarded as safe havens, hospitals are expected to continuously provide quality patient care and protection to patients, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Edward Segal covers crisis-related news, topics, and issues. Hospitals are uniquely mandated to maintain robust, all-hazards ...

Columbia Memorial Hospital near Oregon's coastline is forging ahead with emergency plans in case of a major earthquake or ...

Three years on, the hospital continues to refine emergency response, training and infrastructure to ensure staff and patient safety in future disasters.

Senior Lecturer, Horizon Fellow and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the Sydney School of Health Sciences, University of Sydney Faran Naru is the recipient of a Macquarie University Research ...

“We have a plan – a disaster response plan or a mass casualty plan – that we put in effect where we move existing patients to ...

It was 1968 and the Cold War was in full swing. In addition to teaching schoolchildren to ‘duck and cover,’ the federal government wanted communities to be prepared for possible nuclear war. They were ...

An emergency plan has been activated at Safi’s Mohammed V Hospital to receive the injured following the sudden torrential rains that hit the province on Sunday, announced Khalid Iazza, the hospital ...