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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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Cybersecurity Guidance for High-Risk Nonprofits on the Heels of the Latest Healthcare Breach

DRI Drive

healthcare network, was hit by a ransomware attack that impacted hospitals across 19 states. With healthcare providers like Ascension hindered by cyberattacks, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) offers guidance for these at-risk organizations. In early May, Ascension, a major U.S.

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Preparedness Goes Prime Time on NBC’s New Amsterdam

DRI Drive

With a hurricane bearing down on America’s oldest fictional public hospital (based on Bellevue), extremely attractive doctors play hot potato with an enormous EMP binder because no one wants to be in charge of enacting the hospital’s […].

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Cyberattacks on hospitals 

Crisis Response Journal

Lina Kolesnikova reports on the dangers of ransomware attacks that healthcare institutions face

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Hospital Preparedness

Recovery Diva

From ScienceDirect: Hospital preparedness for one of the worst predicted hurricane seasons on record – why this time is different. Hurricane Ian in 2022 devastated western Florida becoming the seventh deadliest hurricane in US history with 66 total direct deaths attributed to the storm of which 41 were a result of storm surge.

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Pledging to make hospitals safe havens 

Crisis Response Journal

Dr Eric de Roodenbeke, CEO of the International Hospital Federation (IHF), outlines his thoughts on increasing the resilience of hospitals and ensuring they are safe havens. By Dr Eric de Roodenbeke

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The growing need for sustainable hospitals 

Crisis Response Journal

Funding has been pledged to build several new hospitals in the UK before 2030 in what promises to be the biggest programme of hospital building in a generation, according to the UK Government. Ruth Wozencroft of Q-Bital Healthcare Solutions outlines her i By Ruth Wozencroft