Readiness experts share health care lessons from Texas winter storm
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response last week released "The Storm After the Storm: Healthcare in Texas Recovers from Severe Winter Weather.”
In the report, emergency preparedness experts from HCA Healthcare and its Level III trauma center in Houston and facility services provider Medxcel share how they prepared for and responded to last month’s severe winter weather, which cut power and water to 4.3 million residents in sub-zero temperatures and structures built to repel rather than hold heat.
Related News Articles
Headline
The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response is seeking public feedback on its Hospital Preparedness Program funding formula. The HPP is the…
Headline
In this AHA blog Aisha Syeda, senior program manager for AHA’s Strategic Initiatives, summarizes five action steps hospitals can take to establish pediatric…
Blog
In 2024, the U.S. suffered 24 weather and climate disasters. In October alone, two major hurricanes devastated communities in North Carolina and Florida,…
Headline
Reports of cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, are currently five times higher compared to last year, according to the Centers for Disease…
Headline
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Oct. 25 announced additional reported cases of E. coli from individuals who ate at McDonald's prior to falling…
Headline
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health advisory on the supply disruption of peritoneal dialysis and intravenous solutions due to…