January 11, 2021 Emergency Department “Boarding” and the Need to Enhance Community Treatment Capacity While emergency departments effectively triage patients, all patients—including those requiring behavioral health services—often face long delays in finding post-acute services. For patients in need of behavioral health services, these delays are often due to inpatient and outpatient treatment capacity issues.
January 05, 2021 COVID-19 Has Disrupted Global Supply Chains: Three Tips to Help HAP has been monitoring national trends in supply shortages and has compiled a few suggestions as members continue to address increased patient loads and the requisite demand for needed supplies.
December 15, 2020 Vaccine Preparation Heads into High Gear: Six Things for Emergency Management Pros to Keep in Mind Months of planning for the COVID-19 vaccine has been condensed to weeks and days, as hospitals have had to focus on strict guidelines for the storage, allocation, and distribution of the vaccine, in order to maximize every available dose.
December 01, 2020 Five Tools Health Care Emergency Managers Can Use to Boost Situational Awareness As health care emergency management professionals, it is important to stay on top of what is happening and be in the know.
November 12, 2020 We All Play a Role in Our Cybersecurity This year has brought tremendous challenges to how we live, so that we can do our part to slow the spread of COVID-19; we are increasingly relying on a virtual world to complete everyday activities.
October 01, 2020 Emergency Preparedness Month is a Reminder to Always Remain Ready As we head into the last quarter of 2020, health care systems and workforce throughout Pennsylvania continue to show amazing resilience.