April 15, 2024 An Aftershock of Preparedness A few Fridays back, folks in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and other regions were startled when a 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook the region.
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April 01, 2024 The Solar Eclipse and Emergency Preparedness As the April 8 total solar eclipse approaches, emergency management professionals, first responders, health care officials, and community partners are readying themselves for issues that may arise.
March 15, 2024 How Can We Be More Inclusive Emergency Managers? It's time for a paradigm shift. Addressing the need of vulnerable populations isn’t just a matter of achieving compliance or checking a box; it's about equity and social justice.
March 14, 2024 OCR Investigating Health Information Security Following Change Healthcare Attack The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Right (OCR) has opened an investigation into whether UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare are taking appropriate steps to protect patients’ health information following the February cyberattack that continues to disrupt hospital operations and finances.
March 13, 2024 Alarming Growth in U.S. Cyber Crime Health care remains the top target for a “multitude of malicious actors who have the tools to conduct large-scale fraud schemes,” and the challenge to protect against cyberattacks continues to grow.
February 29, 2024 What We Need to Learn from the Change Healthcare Cyberattack The cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a leading health care technology company, serves as the clearest reminder of the potential risks for all health care organizations—both large and small—at any time.
February 21, 2024 $1 Million In Tuition Assistance for EMS Professionals The Shapiro administration today announced a new tuition assistance program to help recruit and retain emergency medical services (EMS) professionals.
February 15, 2024 How New Technology Could Change Health Care The challenges of the past few years have propelled health care to “explore and adopt” technology to help solve difficult problems, and we can only imagine what is coming down the line.