In 2016, Eric Cote launched a Powered for Patients stakeholder engagement initiative with the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency to bolster emergency power resilience for the state’s hospitals. Working in conjunction with the Rhode Island Department of Health and the state’s electric utility, National Grid, the initiative identified opportunities to enhance patient safety through new protocols to better protect emergency power and expedite prioritized power restoration. These protocols were captured in Protecting Patients When Disaster Strikes, a heralded Playbook that detailed the critical actions needed by key stakeholders to better safeguard emergency power and expedite prioritized power restoration.