Ensuring the Safety of Vulnerable Patients During Hurricane Ian
When Hurricane Ian battered the state of Florida in 2022, Family First Homecare faced the daunting task of ensuring their electricity-dependent patients were safe, accounted for, and receiving life-sustaining care.
In part two of our 2023 hurricane preparedness series, Beth Harbold, Director of Quality Assurance and Emergency Management, explains that fast and personalized two-way communication was essential for patient safety and continuity of care before, during, and after the storm.
Listen to learn how she:
- Tailored emergency messages to improve response rates
- Collaborated with teams in other states to reach every single patient
- Implemented lessons learned into their hurricane response plan
The Employee Safety Podcast is hosted by Peter Steinfeld, SVP of Safety Solutions at AlertMedia.
You can find this interview and many more by following The Employee Safety Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or subscribing here.

More Episodes You May Be Interested In
-
How to Contextualize Global Risks for Your Leadership TeamIn today’s complex global risk landscape, enterprise leadership teams must have a complete understanding of their risk profiles to make informed decisions on how to protect their people and assets. Daniel Devery, Director of Enterprise Crisis Management at Assurant, shares how his team turns geopolitical risks into early warnings by contextualizing their potential business impacts….
-
Turner Construction’s Blueprint for Ensuring Jobsite SafetyConstruction sites are unpredictable by nature, with changing crews, high-risk hazards, and exposure to the elements. Eddie Barry, Director of Risk and Threat Intelligence at Turner Construction, shares how the international construction services company builds safety into every project from the ground up. Eddie also discusses how Turner’s culture of care extends beyond its employees…
-
Introducing a New Era of Risk IntelligenceMany corporate security teams struggle to keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving risk landscape. Most rely on a patchwork of disconnected tools for intelligence, response, and communication, which leads to duplicative work, slower detection, and inefficient threat resolution. To directly address these challenges, AlertMedia recently released a major upgrade to its Risk Intelligence suite, delivering…



