 The Public Press, "Think Tanks," and Professional Anti-Terrorism/Counter-Terrorism Experts have characterized the Healthcare Industry, in general, and hospitals, in particular, as "WEAK LINKS IN THE HOMELAND SECURITY READINESS CHAIN."
Recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (DHHS-OIG) reports provide substantial evidence to support these observations.
Terrorism Experts indicate that there is mounting evidence that the recent (two years) focused interest in hospitals by unknown fake inspectors across the nation is terrorist related. The hospital industry faces a new deadline for meeting the National Response Plan (NRP) and National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliance. After September 2007, non-compliant hospitals and other healthcare facilities lose their eligibility to receive federal funding for Homeland Security Emergency Readiness.
“Vision isn’t forecasting the future, it is creating the future by taking action in the present”
– Stanford Business School
So after you have addressed access, quality, and costs - you need to turn your attention to future All-Hazards Survival in the increasingly more hostile world of natural and man-made threats.
We provide Hospital Consulting Services targeted on Terrorist related Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive, with or without radioactive elements, (CBRNE) readiness. We posit that all existing accrediting and compliance requirements are necessary for quality patient care and employee safety but not sufficient to meet the new terrorist environment.
The nation's 21st Century is pregnant with possibilities of unimaginable advances in our ability to make our citizens healthier and longer-lived. Shadowing that optimistic enterprise are dark and sinister forces dedicated to the destruction of that vision. Preparing for, responding to, and recovering from future terrorist events will require creative actions rarely seen in the past. Healthcare Consulting to prepare the industry for the future.
Mitigating, preparing, responding, and recovering from anticipated terrorist attacks, more robust natual disasters, and newly emerging infections diseases pandemics, alone or in tandem, challenge the healthcare industry in a way rarely seen in the past.
J.Blair & Associates brings specific relevant experience to guide hospital organizations in preparing for the demands the “War on Terrorism” brings to our nation’s healthcare institutions.
"History will judge harshly those who saw this coming danger but failed to act, In the new world we have entered , the path to peace and security is the path of action."
President George W. Bush, September, 2002 |
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Inside Homeland Security September 2005 Issue
IS THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY PREPARED FOR TERRORISM
All-Hazards “HVA" for Non-Federal Healthcare CBRNE Readiness: A Level Playing Field?
Post 9/11, we are in an environment that demands vigilance and action on the part of all sectors of the Nation. The principal authorities that guide the national strategy for homeland security are found in a plethora of statutes, executive orders, and presidential directives (HSPDs) spanning decades. The 2005 National Response Plan (NRP) evolves from these derivative sources. There was a significance change in expectations for the non-federal sector as the Federal Response Plan (FRP) evolved into the NRP. Hospitals, clinics and medical personnel have been designated, by HSPDs as critical infrastructure/key resources and first responders/first receivers.
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