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May 23, 2013
A man faces a felony charge of unlawful videotaping for allegedly recording women using a restroom at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital with his mobile phone.
May 23, 2013
Visitors of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are now required to present a photo ID as part of the hospital’s security upgrades.
May 21, 2013
The death toll from Monday’s EF4 tornado has been revised to 24 for now, with seven of those deaths being students from Plaza Towers Elementary School.
May 20, 2013
Our online newsletter will now be delivered to subscribers' E-mail inboxes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Hospital Security Update will now be delivered on Wednesdays, twice per month.
May 16, 2013
Police arrested a man at Cookeville Regional Medical Center, where his wife was giving birth, after he allegedly threatened a family in the waiting room with a knife.
May 16, 2013
After giving a nurse his suicide note, a 28-year-old man shot himself in the head in the emergency room of John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital.
May 14, 2013
Four former St. Elizabeth Health Center nurses were separately indicted on charges of stealing drugs from the hospital last year for their own use.
May 14, 2013
The World Health Organization is closely monitoring H7N9, which is a new strain of bird flu, and the coronavirus related to SARS, called MERS-CoV.
May 13, 2013
In this video, Jack Poole, who is the principal for Poole Fire Protection, discusses the risk analysis required so that campuses install the appropriate mass notification system. Poole's presentation was at the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety on May 6 in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
May 7, 2013
Police are investigating an incident at St. Cloud Hospital, where a patient, claiming to be a member of the band Pink Floyd, racked up a $100,000 healthcare bill.
May 3, 2013
The suicide rate for adults in the United States, ages 35-64, have risen by more than 28% in a little more than a decade.
May 2, 2013
In an effort to enhance its safety and security department, Dixie Regional Medical Center has added a canine member to its team.
May 1, 2013
Pennsylvania State Troopers, along with a Reading Hospital security guard, are being credited with saving a distraught patient’s life.
April 30, 2013
A contract security guard at Longmont United Hospital was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor harassment and misdemeanor menacing after he lost his temper with a screaming mental health patient.
April 26, 2013
A new report claims U.S. hospitals have deported undocumented patients in order to save money.
April 25, 2013
Authorities are investigating an incident at Swedish Medical Center, where a woman, posing as a nurse, stole painkillers from patients’ rooms.
April 24, 2013
The new best practices guide is intended to improve criminal justice response to rape and sexual assault.
April 23, 2013
Police have arrested a former Pomerado Hospital employee for allegedly making death threats against hospital staff members.
April 23, 2013
City officials have launched a probe to determine if Nevada’s primary state psychiatric hospital has bused hundreds of mentally ill patients to other cities in the nation, more than 200 of whom have landed in Los Angeles.
April 22, 2013
The Supreme Court of Virginia has rejected the latest appeal of a man who faces the death penalty for killing a security officer and a deputy at Montgomery Regional Hospital in 2006.