State University Dan Rather Studios, this interactive program will feature a keynote address and four expert-led panel discussions examining the complex challenges affecting healthcare delivery and community resilience.
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Participants will gain insights from real-world incidents and regional case studies that demonstrate how disruptions in one facility or sector can quickly cascade across healthcare systems and communities. Discussions will explore emerging threats, lessons learned from cyber incidents, evacuations, and mass casualty events, as well as the impacts on rural hospitals, patient movement, and regional coordination. Attendees will also examine the critical role of supply chains, vendor partnerships, trust networks, and cross-sector collaboration in maintaining continuity during crises.
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Designed for healthcare executives, emergency preparedness professionals, public health practitioners, emergency managers, infrastructure operators, researchers, and policy leaders, this event emphasizes moving beyond best practices toward evidence-based approaches for disruption reduction and management. The program will conclude with a forward-looking conversation on shared priorities, research opportunities, support for under-resourced systems, and sustained collaboration to strengthen resilience across healthcare and critical infrastructure sectors. Join us to contribute to a growing dialogue on how organizations can anticipate disruptions, mitigate impacts, and build a more resilient future for the communities they serve.
Disruptions in Healthcare:
Identifying and Mitigating
Healthcare systems across the Texas are facing an unprecedented range of disruptions—from cyberattacks and workplace violence to supply chain shortages, infrastructure failures, extreme weather events, and growing capacity constraints. Disruptions in Healthcare – Identifying and Mitigating, brings together leaders from healthcare, public health and emergency management for a timely livestream event focused on understanding today’s evolving risk landscape and advancing practical strategies to reduce operational disruptions. Hosted by The Partnership for Healthcare and Emergency Management / The Institute for Homeland Security at the Sam Houston
Disruptions in Healthcare: Identifying and Mitigating
Healthcare systems across the Texas are facing an unprecedented range of disruptions—from cyberattacks and workplace violence to
supply chain shortages, infrastructure failures, extreme weather events, and growing capacity constraints. Disruptions in Healthcare – Identifying and Mitigating, brings together leaders from healthcare, public health and emergency management for a timely livestream event focused on understanding today’s evolving risk landscape and advancing practical strategies to reduce operational disruptions. Hosted by The Partnership for Healthcare and Emergency Management / The Institute for Homeland Security at the Sam Houston State University Dan Rather Studios, this interactive program will feature a keynote address and four expert-led panel discussions examining the complex challenges affecting healthcare delivery and community resilience.
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Participants will gain insights from real-world incidents and regional case studies that demonstrate how disruptions in one facility or sector can quickly cascade across healthcare systems and communities. Discussions will explore emerging threats, lessons learned from cyber incidents, evacuations, and mass casualty events, as well as the impacts on rural hospitals, patient movement, and regional coordination. Attendees will also examine the critical role of supply chains, vendor partnerships, trust networks, and cross-sector collaboration in maintaining continuity during crises.
Designed for healthcare executives, emergency preparedness professionals, public health practitioners, emergency managers, infrastructure operators, researchers, and policy leaders, this event emphasizes moving beyond best practices toward evidence-based approaches for disruption reduction and management. The program will conclude with a forward-looking conversation on shared priorities, research opportunities, support for under-resourced systems, and sustained collaboration to strengthen resilience across healthcare and critical infrastructure sectors. Join us to contribute to a growing dialogue on how organizations can anticipate disruptions, mitigate impacts, and build a more resilient future for the communities they serve.