Combatting Healthcare Workplace Violence with People and Weapons Screening
Here’s how one New Jersey hospital emergency department uses metal detection, an amnesty box, signage and policies to keep patients, staff and visitors safe.
Here’s how one New Jersey hospital emergency department uses metal detection, an amnesty box, signage and policies to keep patients, staff and visitors safe.
Here’s how four high-level school and healthcare security end users determine the types of technologies they use, as well as how they vet the integrators they hire to install everything.
Healthcare security practitioners should consider the potential impact this alert could have on their healthcare organization’s security programs.
Put your hospital security knowledge to the test with this quiz that runs the gamut of important healthcare security topics.
Although 75% of all workplace assaults occur in healthcare settings, only 30% of nurses and 26% of physicians have reported workplace violence incidents.
The latest IAHSS stats highlight both positive and negative trends in hospital crime and include data on ransomware attacks for the first time.
Early signs of workplace violence or workplace bullying can include intimidating behavior, verbal abuse, or changes in typical behavior patterns.
A patient was being treated for a drug overdose at the Hawaii hospital when he grabbed a nurse and held a knife to her throat.
There are a lot of good campus safety and security training programs available, but which ones are worth your non-security staff members’ time and effort?
A South Los Angeles hospital VP shares three crucial steps to managing gang member patients admitted for gang-related injuries.
Crisis response can be a weak point in the overall campus safety strategy. Attend Stay in Control – Don’t Let a Crisis Define Your Reputation to optimize your crisis response.
Learn how tools like mass notification systems coupled with the right emergency communication plan can help your organization achieve the speed and reach it needs to keep everyone safe and informed.
