Emergency management

OPEN MINDS Announces Its New Program - The Executive Blueprint For Crisis Management

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Monday, April 6, 2020
Risk, Crisis, Emergency management, Security, Crisis management, Incident management, Risk management, Prevention

GETTYSBURG, Pa., April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- OPEN MINDSannounced today the launch of its new program, TheOPEN MINDSExecutive Blueprint For Crisis Management Building Organizational Sustainability & Success In A Disrupted Health & Human Service Market .

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  • GETTYSBURG, Pa., April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- OPEN MINDSannounced today the launch of its new program, TheOPEN MINDSExecutive Blueprint For Crisis Management Building Organizational Sustainability & Success In A Disrupted Health & Human Service Market .
  • The 32-week program is designed to help executives of specialty provider organizations navigate the strategic and operational challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency.
  • The program consists of on-demand resources and technical assistance for crisis management.
  • It is based on the seven-element crisis management model created by theOPEN MINDSteam:
    TheOPEN MINDSExecutive Blueprint program has two components.

Citadel Accelerates COVID-19 Testing and Treatment Initiatives to Enhance Community Resilience Across the Nation

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Monday, April 6, 2020
Emergency management, Humanitarian aid, Occupational safety and health

The work will accelerate and scale cutting-edge solutions through the development of sophisticated testing, treatment and prevention capabilities.

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  • The work will accelerate and scale cutting-edge solutions through the development of sophisticated testing, treatment and prevention capabilities.
  • This is particularly essential to enable healthcare workers to engage on the frontlines throughout the duration of the crisis.
  • "Collaboration and philanthropic support are essential to accelerate medical solutions and will be the difference in protecting as many lives as possible."
  • Mount Sinai Health System initiative to test and scale a serology effort to identify people with immunity to COVID-19.

COVID-19 Patients Being Triaged and Assessed Using 2 Minute Breath-Based Gas Test

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Monday, April 6, 2020
Medicine, Medical specialties, Intensive care medicine, Health, Emergency management, First aid, Triage, Medical device

The medical device uses advanced technology and proven medical methods to measure a patient's degree of respiratory impairment.

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  • The medical device uses advanced technology and proven medical methods to measure a patient's degree of respiratory impairment.
  • The new FDA cleared, portable gas exchange monitor, MediPines AGM100, is effectively helping frontline healthcare workers to quickly triage and make decisions on how to treat COVID-19 patients ( video ).
  • The AGM100 rapidly provides measurements, such as Oxygen Deficit, that help clinicians assess the extent of a patient's respiratory impairment.
  • These features are highly important to the safety of both patients and frontline healthcare workers in order to prevent the spread of disease.

COVID-19: CAE announces measures to protect its financial position and mitigate the impact on its employees

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Monday, April 6, 2020
CAE Inc., Emergency management, Companies, Economy of Canada, Articles

MONTREAL, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -(NYSE: CAE) (TSX: CAE) CAE announced today that it has taken a series of flexible measures to protect its financial position in response to the COVID-19 crisis and mitigate the impact on its employees.

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  • MONTREAL, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -(NYSE: CAE) (TSX: CAE) CAE announced today that it has taken a series of flexible measures to protect its financial position in response to the COVID-19 crisis and mitigate the impact on its employees.
  • "We entered this crisis from a position of strength with a leading market position, a balanced business with recurring revenue streams, and a solid financial position.
  • CAE is working to access government emergency relief measures and wage subsidy programs in its main operating jurisdictions and will assess their impact on its mitigation plans.
  • As details of government assistance programs around the world are finalized, CAE will do everything it can to recall as many employees as possible.

Miami-Dade County Launches Nation’s Largest COVID-19 Screening Program with 15-Minute Blood Tests from Disaster Management Group

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Friday, April 3, 2020
General Health, Infectious diseases, Health, Science, Research, DMG, Daily Mail and General Trust, Indiantown, Emergency management, Companies, Economy of the United Kingdom

I also want to thank Disaster Management Group, a South Florida company, for providing this quick and easy blood test that will be taken by a finger prick.

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  • I also want to thank Disaster Management Group, a South Florida company, for providing this quick and easy blood test that will be taken by a finger prick.
  • DMGtest is a health care product offered by South Florida-based Disaster Management Group (DMG) to state and local governments, as well as commercial organizations around the world.
  • Expanding the use of rapid blood tests is the first step to getting our nation back to work, said Tom Rubio, CEO of DMG.
  • Disaster Management Group (DMG), LLC, based in Indiantown, FL, has more than 15 years of experience in rapid deployment of disaster management services.

HealthcareSource Partners with Amplifire Healthcare Alliance, Now Distributing Infection Prevention and Control (COVID-19) Essentials Course

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Friday, April 3, 2020
Human activities, Health, Epidemiology, Infectious diseases, Occupational safety and health, Infection control, Emergency management, Caregiver, Medicine

"HealthcareSource is committed to providing healthcare organizations with resources and alearning infrastructureto educate and train their staff during this critical time.

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  • "HealthcareSource is committed to providing healthcare organizations with resources and alearning infrastructureto educate and train their staff during this critical time.
  • Partnering with Amplifire provides us with a scalable solution that will help healthcare organizations with emergency preparedness and infection control," said Michael Grossi, CEO of HealthcareSource.
  • While frontline healthcare workers are fighting COVID-19, the proper usage of PPE is instrumental in keeping the spread to a minimum.
  • Built with leading infection control and safety experts from ECRI and other academic institutions, this course will arm caregivers for the ongoing battle with COVID-19.

Tencent Open-sources Another AI-powered Tool to Help Conduct Preliminary Self-evaluation Regarding COVID-19 Infection

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Friday, April 3, 2020
Companies, Computing, Digital technology, Emergency management, First aid, Intensive care medicine, Triage, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Tencent, GitHub, Cough

The COVID-19 self-triage assistant, which is now available on Github for developers around the world, enables preliminary self-evaluation regarding infection of the disease and provides tips on its prevention.

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  • The COVID-19 self-triage assistant, which is now available on Github for developers around the world, enables preliminary self-evaluation regarding infection of the disease and provides tips on its prevention.
  • Prior to this tool, Tencent open-sourced a COVID-19 live updates module last Friday that has answered six billion pandemic-related queries in China over the past two months.
  • By translating professional medical guidance into easy-to-understand messages, this tool was designed to help the public fight the pandemic with knowledge and skills.
  • The tool seeks to help users with symptoms such as fevers and coughing to conduct a preliminary self-evaluation of their illnesses quickly and seek medical care appropriately.

Restaurant Owner in Asheville, North Carolina Commits to Providing Food for Entire Staff and Their Families for at Least 18 Months

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Friday, April 3, 2020
Food, Emergency management, Contents, Articles, Health

Anthony has spent the past few decades developing sustainable solutions for disaster relief and recovery as well as food security.

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  • Anthony has spent the past few decades developing sustainable solutions for disaster relief and recovery as well as food security.
  • Anthony explains that "via this commitment we will be providing comfort and care not only for The Cantina staff but also our food suppliers."
  • However, every week staff members come for a curbside pickup of boxes filled with fresh food to feed their families.
  • While the doors to The Cantina are currently closed they will continue to provide food for their staff and their community.

3M Response to Defense Production Act Order

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Friday, April 3, 2020
Professional services, White House, Federal Government, Medical devices, Infectious diseases, Other Manufacturing, Engineering, Medical Supplies, Finance, Congressional News, Views, Manufacturing, Health, Public policy, Government, Protective gear, Filters, Respirator, Occupational safety and health, Companies, Emergency management, 3M, Federal Emergency Management Agency, N95, Equipment, Articles

Yesterday, the Administration formally invoked the Defense Production Act (DPA) to require 3M to prioritize orders from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for our N95 respirators.

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  • Yesterday, the Administration formally invoked the Defense Production Act (DPA) to require 3M to prioritize orders from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for our N95 respirators.
  • For example, earlier this week, we secured approval from China to export to the U.S. 10 million N95 respirators manufactured by 3M in China.
  • The Administration also requested that 3M cease exporting respirators that we currently manufacture in the United States to the Canadian and Latin American markets.
  • We also continue to act on reports of price gouging and unauthorized reselling related to 3M respirators.

SpendEdge Advises Smart Crisis Management Measures to Cope with the Extreme Price Volatilities in the Financial Services Market Owing to the Impact of COVID 19

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Friday, April 3, 2020
Infectious diseases, Professional services, Health, Finance, Risk, Security, Crisis, Crisis management, Emergency management, Incident management, Risk management, Mathematical finance

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200403005009/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200403005009/en/
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  • Price volatilities are perceived as a telling impact of COVID 19 pandemic on the financial services market.
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