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Hospitals use technology to continue disaster prep efforts
Disaster preparedness is the name of the game for engineers in California, who are in the midst of testing the stability of hospital buildings during an earthquake, The Verge reports . The engineers,
Hospitals justify unregulated building development
As the healthcare industry spends billions on new and expanded facilities, hospitals are increasingly defending themselves against claims of wasteful spending, reports the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
California hospitals to fall (literally) in earthquakes
More than 40 buildings at 10 hospital campuses in the San Bernardino County, Calif., area are highly collapsible in earthquakes, according to public records data, reports the San Bernardino Sun. For
Hospital emergency preparedness shows some holes
While nearly every U.S. hospitals surveyed had response plans for at least one hazard related to epidemics/pandemics, biological, chemical, nuclear/radiological, explosive/incendiary, or natural
Scripps Health begins $2B improvement plan
San Diego-based Scripps Health will rebuild an existing hospital and construct research labs and physician offices as part of a $2 billion improvement plan, the non-profit healthcare system announced
Disaster recovery efforts for hospitals the focus of new AHRQ guides
Between a lack of emergency preparedness shown at hospitals during 2005's Hurricane Katrina and more recent findings that many California hospitals might not survive an earthquake without major
Focus on disaster readiness could mean retrofitting, renovations for Calif. hospitals
As natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes are striking major population hubs worldwide, the underlying building structures of hospitals are coming under more scrutiny . For example,
