Spotlight on Healthcare Campus Safety Director of the Year Finalist Kyle Houraney
Check out some of this Director of the Year finalist’s top accomplishments, as well as a photo gallery of him and his department.
Orange County Global Medical Center Director of Public Safety and Emergency Management Kyle Houraney
Congratulations to Orange County Global Medical Center Director of Public Safety and Emergency Management Kyle Houraney for being named one of this year’s Healthcare Campus Safety Director of the Year finalists.
Here are some of his notable achievements:
- At the start of the pandemic, developed surge algorithms and deployed equipment, as well as converted patient rooms to negative pressure rooms.
- Checked on an employee who was at home with COVID-19 daily, instructing the employee to immediately go to the emergency room when he noticed the employee was struggling to breathe. This saved the employee’s life.
- Created his medical center’s workplace violence committee.
About the Author
Robin Hattersley-Gray, Editor-in-Chief
Robin has been covering the security and campus law enforcement industries since 1998 and is a specialist in school, university and hospital security, public safety and emergency management, as well as emerging technologies and systems integration. She joined CS in 2005 and has authored award-winning editorial on campus law enforcement and security funding, officer recruitment and retention, access control, IP video, network integration, event management, crime trends, the Clery Act, Title IX compliance, sexual assault, dating abuse, emergency communications, incident management software and more. Robin has been featured on national and local media outlets and was formerly associate editor for the trade publication Security Sales & Integration. She obtained her undergraduate degree in history from California State University, Long Beach.
