Having a downtime plan is only the first step. Healthcare organizations need to test their plans to ensure clinical staff know what to do when systems go down.

Hospitals are in a unique position when disaster strikes. Predominately regarded as safe havens, hospitals are expected to continuously provide quality patient care and protection to patients, ...

A slew of changes to federal health care policies are stressing cash-strapped rural hospitals as climate change spurs extreme weather threats. As Hurricane Helene battered Clinch Memorial Hospital ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Edward Segal covers crisis-related news, topics, and issues. Hospitals are uniquely mandated to maintain robust, all-hazards ...

September is National Preparedness Month, which aims to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for emergencies. The American College of Healthcare Executives advises healthcare executives ...

Floodwaters have engulfed large parts of New South Wales, with at least one person dead and almost 50,000 evacuated after days of heavy rainfall in a "one-in-500-year" flood event. The scale of the ...

CLIMATEWIRE | When the McBride wildfire erupted in New Mexico three years ago, David Merritt had a math problem. The fire was closing in on a Lincoln County hospital with 11 admitted patients, but the ...

Laguna Beach is putting into motion a preliminary action plan in response to a recent update from Providence Mission Hospital that indicated the coastal city could be at risk of losing its emergency ...