Safety - September 2017
Fla. healthcare facilities rush to implement new regulations
Owners have until Nov. 15 to purchase generators and enough fuel to maintain temperatures below 80 degrees for at least four days
9/29/2017
Oldest patients more vulnerable during disasters
Nursing homes and other facilities are required to have preparation plans in place
9/28/2017
Hospital in Upper Keys reopens after hurricane damage
Mariners Hospital in Tavernier evacuated its patients ahead of Irma approached and the hospital’s first floor was flooded
9/28/2017
Florida nursing home deaths blamed on preventable chaos
Only one nursing home with a power loss is known to have caused multiple deaths
9/28/2017
Nursing homes call Florida gov.'s emergency deadline impractical
Nursing homes ordered have generators capable of running air conditioning in place by Nov. 15
9/27/2017
Florida governor gives assisted living communities 60 days to get generators
The facilities are also required to have enough fuel to enable them to maintain comfortable temperatures for at least 96 hours following a power outage
9/26/2017
Most Florida healthcare facilities were ready for Irma
Despite Hollywood horror story, most other healthcare facilities in southern Florida were prepared
9/26/2017
Florida nursing home where 11 died had emergency plan with no mention of air conditioning
The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills' plan created with copy-paste passages
9/25/2017
Emails show three Savannah hospitals backpedaled on hurricane response
Memorial Health agreed to house the medical needy
9/25/2017
Florida nursing home deaths put focus on disaster planning
The new federal rule will require that nursing homes have 'alternate sources of energy to maintain temperatures to protect resident health and safety'
9/22/2017
Jacksonville-area hospitals responded to Irma with detailed emergency plans
Mayo Clinic staff, for instance, started preparing for the storm more than a week prior to experts saying the projected path would impact Florida
9/22/2017
State shuts down nursing home where 9 people died
The deaths are believed to be heat related, but still under investigation
9/21/2017
Five years after Sandy, NYC hospitals may be ready for the next big storm
Hospitals in Texas were mostly prepared for Hurricane Harvey
9/21/2017
$2.5 million in medications could go bad without power at Florida clinic
The clinic serves 10,000 patients who are uninsured and working residents with chronic medical conditions
9/20/2017
9 dead at Florida nursing home left without air conditioning
Patients at a Hollywood Facility spent days in sweltering heat after Hurricane Irma
9/20/2017
Irma forced evacuation of 30 hospitals
At least 278 assisted living facilities, 61 nursing home, and some 60 other healthcare facilities evacuated some or all of their patients
9/15/2017
Some Florida hospitals left without water, sewage service
Other hospitals across Florida have returned to normal operations
9/15/2017
Houston command center focuses on medical infrastructure continuity
The Catastrophic Medical Operations Center was established by the Southeast Texas Regional Advisory Council
9/14/2017
Naples hospital moves 450 evacuees to higher floors at downtown facility
More than 450 storm refugees from NCH employees' families and patient family members were moved
9/13/2017
Hurricane Irma evacuees come to N.C. hospitals
Greenville Health System has been asked to take four patients from a skilled nursing facility and from MUSC Health in Charleston
9/13/2017
St. Thomas hospital suffers catastrophic failure
Hurricane Irma leaving many parts of the second largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands in shambles
9/12/2017
Tampa hospitals weighed evacuation options before Irma
Area hospitals prepared for all possibilities before deciding whether to evacuate
9/12/2017
Irma forces hospitals across three states to evacuate
At least 35 hospitals across Florida, Georgia and South Carolina evacuate patients or shut down
9/12/2017
Central Florida hospitals evacuated, locked down ahead of Irma
The majority of patients at Health First's Cape Canaveral Hospital will be transferred to other Health First hospitals
9/12/2017
How UVA Health System responded to the Charlottesville rally
University of Virginia Health System played a key role in caring for people injured during a white nationalist march
9/11/2017
Utah facility well-stocked with medical supplies in case of disaster
Centralized location of medical products hub puts Utah in secure position
9/11/2017
Memphis, Nashville facilities take patients airlifted from Harvey
Federal agencies placed a National Disaster Medical System on alert
9/8/2017
Harvey forces healthcare facility evacuations, closures
Ben Taub General Hospital among those that evacuated its patients
9/1/2017