Biosecurity Briefing: On November 4, 2008, the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC, began installing radiation detectors as a means to notify hospital staff of the presence of radioactive materials.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:11:44 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/hosp_prep/2008-11-10-dchospitalraddetectors.html
Biosecurity Briefing: The National Biodefense Science Board (NBSB) held a meeting to discuss a report titled Strategic Improvements to the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), which was issued by the NBSB Disaster Medicine Working Group.
Biosecurity Briefing: GAO released a report to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce entitled Hurricane Katrina: Trends in the Operating Results of Five Hospitals in New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina.
Biosecurity Briefing: The American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) recently released the document, Community Pan-Flu Preparedness: A Checklist of Key Legal Issues for Healthcare Providers.
Biosecurity Briefing: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report entitled Emergency Preparedness: States Are Planning for Medical Surge, but Could Benefit from Shared Guidance for Allocating Scarce Medical Resources.
Biosecurity Briefing: HHS Secy. Mike Leavitt announced that the agency is allocating nearly $1.1 billion for the FY2008 Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) and Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) cooperative agreements.
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:10:59 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/govt_response/2008-06-06-hhs1billionphhospprep.html
Biosecurity Briefing: House Com. on Oversight and Government Reform held the first of a two part hearing to assess the impact of "Medicaid regulations on hospital emergency surge capacity and the ability of hospitals to respond to a mass casualty event."
Mon, 12 May 2008 16:44:43 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/govt_response/2008-05-09-housecomhospsurge.html
Biosecurity Briefing: Four articles from journal Chest offer guidance for hospitals, health professionals, and public health officials on providing mass critical care during a disaster. The documents were drafted by the Task Force for Mass Critical Care.
Mon, 12 May 2008 16:41:36 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/hosp_prep/2008-05-09-guideancecritcaredisaste.html
Biosecurity Briefing: The Calif. Dept of Public Health released its Standards and Guidelines for Healthcare Surge during Emergencies. They cover a multitude of difficult issues related to emergencies, with solutions and tools for a number of these issues.
Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:26:00 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/hosp_prep/2008-03-07cahealthcaresurgeguide.html
Biosecurity Briefing: A study in the Journal of PH Mgmt and Practice finds that physicians may be "significantly" more likely to report notifiable diseases to PH agencies if they are given electronic disease reporting instructions and email reminders.
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:39:38 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/pub_health_prep/2008-01-18-studyelecinfoimprovrpt.html
Biosecurity Briefing: On June 28, 2007, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, announced the award of $430 million in grants to states, territories, and four major metropolitan areas to better prepare healthcare networks.
Biosecurity Briefing: Two articles in Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) analyze the medical and public health impacts of the SARS outbreak in Toronto and call into question the effectiveness of quarantine and restrictions on elective procedures.
Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:46:55 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/pub_health_prep/content/2007-06-22-analysistorontosarsquarantine.html
Biosecurity Briefing: Study published in the journal Disaster Management and Response, most first responders surveyed would not fulfill their duties in an infectious disease outbreak such as smallpox or pandemic influenza, for fear of exposure to illness.
Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:56:28 GMThttp://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/hosp_prep/content/2007-06-01-studyfirstresponderswillrpt.html
