An open conversation on healthcare security and violence prevention.
As we look around at all the news related to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are constant reminders that bad people will take advantage of chaotic times to wreak whatever havoc they can.
How do you process through emergent decision making? How do you prioritize when you are inundated? How is your facility managing this crisis? Join the conversation.
As healthcare security experts, many of our organizations are rightly looking to us to MacGyver quick access control solutions for facilities designed to be wide open and welcoming to the public.
Here are three things that every healthcare security leader should be considering as we brace for the full effects of COVID-19.
Effective security staffing models require an analysis of both fixed post needs and dynamic patrol needs.
Healthcare facilities need to stop looking to police to solve security problems. That is not their job.
Healthcare security officers face every possible tactical challenge within the scope of a single shift. From a simple customer service interaction, to responding to a person engaged in active assaultive behavior, these officers make decisions every day that have far reaching implications for their organizations.
