Hurricane Irene
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Engaging Citizens the Right Way: Government Uses Twitter During Hurricane Irene
Paul Greenburg | ZD Net | September 12, 2011
For the last several years there has been a lot of discussion about the use of web based social media for the engagement of citizens. Nowhere has this discussion been more active and persistent, nor more important, than in what I will call broadly the emergency preparedness and response (EPR) community. Read More »
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Hurricane Irene Highlights Life-Saving Potential of Mobile EMRs
Jennifer Dennard | EMR & EHR | August 31, 2011
Watching the East Coast prepare for Hurricane Irene last weekend had me flashing back to the aftermath of the tornadoes that hit Joplin, Missouri, earlier this year. Would hospitals suffer the same levels of destruction that St. John’s Regional Medical Center did? Would they be as successful in evacuating patients and treating them off-site with limited supplies and infrastructure?...
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