HAP Blog

June 15, 2022

Part One: What to Do When the Power Goes Out

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) recently released an assessment of North America’s electrical grid, highlighting energy vulnerabilities, especially during the summer months. The report gives another reason to think about our preparedness and get ready.

May 31, 2022

Learning from Tragedy

As we pause and reflect on the school shooting that occurred last week in Uvalde, Texas, our thoughts most certainly have turned toward trying to comprehend how something so horrific could occur.

May 17, 2022

Do You Have Forward-Leaning Posture?

We have a saying in emergency management that it is important to be “forward leaning,” but with the troubling news circulating around us, where do we even start?

April 28, 2022

In Stock, Out of Stock, Recalled

We all know that a resilient health care supply chain means the difference between maintaining operations and suspending patient care, but we didn’t truly feel this urgency until COVID-19. The pandemic helped us understand that we can’t take our inventory for granted and that supplies are not always just a call away.

March 15, 2022

What Does Our Future Preparedness Look Like?

We’re thankful the COVID-19 burden on our hospitals and health systems has eased from the winter Omicron surge, but we know we’re just one crisis away from putting our emergency plans into action, whether it’s for an infectious disease, a wildfire, or an emerging cyber threat.

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