In this Q&A, Meier explores how hospitals are evolving their emergency plans to respond to increasing climate-related disasters, cybersecurity threats, and staffing shortages.
The American Hospital Association (AHA), working with the University of Washington’s Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, released a report in June that found that U.S. hospitals spent an estimated $18.27 billion in 2023 on costs directly tied to workplace and community violence.
