April 15, 2021, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CT / 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET

Emerging Threats:
New Patient & Caregiver Issues

Session Overview

There are emerging threats that are keeping leaders up at night. A community of practice was developed in 2018 to provide a learning community leaders.

Dr. Gregory Botz and Chief William Adcox of MD Anderson Cancer Center comment on the following emerging threats:

  • Brand Damage from Outside, Inside, and or Mixed Outside-Inside Threats including cyberterrorism.
  • Workplace Violence including physical, verbal, sexual, or emotional harassment, bullying or harm to caregivers, staff, students, or patients.
  • Active Shooter, Violent Intruder, and Deadly Force Incidents including events causing physical harm to staff, caregivers, students, or patients.
  • Domestic Terrorism such as organized attacks using chemical, biologic, radiologic, nuclear, and explosive weapons. Also weaponization of transportation & vehicles (CBRNET)
  • Violent Acts Against Leadership where administrative, clinical, or governance leaders are specifically targeted by insiders or outsiders.
  • Intentional Harm of Patients by caregivers who commit harmful acts against patients with or without enablers who do not report such harm.
  • Unintentional Patient Harm through errors of omission from systems failures identified by mortality reviews such as diagnostic errors.
  • Failure to Rescue in pre-hospital, hospital, and post-hospital continuity of care.
  • Hospital Optimization & Flow with overcrowding & boarding/transfer issues.
  • Readiness for Epidemics including preparedness for testing and volume surges.
  • Sexual Misconduct including sexual harassment, abuse of power, and or harm to caregivers, staff, students, or patients.
  • Racial and or Sexual Discrimination against those we serve including patients and their families and or those who serve in the organization.
  • Cybersecurity Patient Records Issues including breach, theft, and contamination of medical records leading to patient and caregiver harm.
  • Cybersecurity Operation Issues including breach, theft, and contamination of operational records, invasion of data systems, and ransom crimes.
  • Theft of Intellectual Property by insiders, outsiders, or nation-states.
  • Sabotage of service, information systems, clinical care, and property.
  • Nation State Influence through academic espionage, financial conflicts of interest, or other means.
  • Drug Diversion by staff including caregivers and pharmacists who divert medications for themselves or others.
  • Conflict of Interest of staff including physicians, researchers, and administrators including disclosed and undisclosed financial relationships.
  • Conflict of Interest of Governance including undisclosed financial relationships and disclosed financial relationships.
  • Academic Fraud including fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or dishonest grant documentation including applications and reports.
  • Defamation or Unfair Press by investigative reporting or false whistleblowers.
  • Burn-out of caregivers, leadership, and staff.
  • Critical Drug and Supply Shortages such as I.V. fluids, medications, and key supplies.
  • Regulatory Compliance Issues including new risk for non-compliance.

Webinar Video, and Downloads

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Date, Time, Dial-in Information, & FAQs


April 15, 2021

  • 01:00 PM to 2:30 PM Eastern Time
  • 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM  Central Time
  • 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM  Mountain Time
  • 10:00 AM to 1:30 AM  Pacific Time

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  Frequently Asked Questions

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CE Credit Information

Learning Objectives:

  • Awareness:  Participants will learn how visible and invisible emerging threats can cause patient and caregiver harm.
  • Accountability:  Participants understand who can be accountable for emerging threats that are evolving.
  • Ability:  Participants will learn about the concepts, tools, and resources that can be used to battle emerging threats to patients and caregivers.
  • Action:  Participants will understand the actions that can be taken to reduce emerging threats to patients, caregivers, and their organizations.

CE Participation Documentation

TMIT Global, approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 15996, will be issuing 1.5 contact hours for this webinar. TMIT Global is only providing nursing credit at this time.

To request a Participation Document, please click here.

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Session Speakers and Panelists

Gregory H. Botz, M.D., FCCM
Gregory H. Botz, M.D., FCCMEmerging Threat
William Adcox
William AdcoxEmerging Threat
C. R. Denham, II, MD
C. R. Denham, II, MDIn the News and Recent Polling
Arlene Salamendra
Arlene SalamendraReaction to Presentation

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