Newsletter Articles Make sure that your hospital’s emergency preparedness plan includes compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). A mass casualty event will impact patient privacy rights, said Nickie Braxton, compliance and privacy officer for Boston Medical Center (BMC), which was one of the hospitals that treated victims of the Boston Marathon bombing in April 2013.  Add or revisit the likelihood of arson as part of your annual hazard vulnerability analysis (HVA) and work just as closely with local fire investigators as with emergency responders in educating staff on the proper prevention and response to an intentionally set blaze. Each month, Brad Keyes, CHSP, owner of Keyes Life Safety Compliance, answers your questions about life safety compliance. Our editorial advisory board also reviews the Q&A column. Follow Keyes’ blog on life safety at www.keyeslifesafety.com for up-to-date information. A revised online form backed by OSHA aims to make it easier for whistleblowers to complain about their employers, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced last week. Remember that suspicious package that prompted an ER lockdown? It was a letter from a government agency.
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