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Abstract

The authors return to the points made in their article published in the inaugural edition of this journal to expand upon recommendations to healthcare industry leadership regarding electrical power security. If best practice is to be data driven, then healthcare executives can take action by funding front-line experts to participate in the United States standards system as a user-interest to assure best practice has been discovered by a balance of interests. As of yet, there is no standard approach for developing resilience metrics for hospitals in Italy, in the European Union, or the United States. When that condition is present, then leaders and managers will default to federal agencies or the market itself – an imperfect taskmaster. Engineers learn from failures, but they do not like to learn the hard way. Perhaps artificial intelligence will assist this journey in reconciling the competing requirements of safety and economy in healthcare facilities. In any case, best practice discovery should rest upon the foundation of data recommended by Lord Kelvin.