Why is there so much violence in healthcare?
Everyday healthcare providers accept assault as part of their job, and that is the real tragedy of violence in healthcare.
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The Strategic Security Officer
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.
Breakdown: IAHSSF’s Threat Assessment Strategies to Mitigating Violence in Healthcare
For those who have been in the industry for a while, we are seeing a shift toward more proactive methods like threat assessment. It is a critical shift for our industry, and I am grateful to see work like this being produced.
H.R. 1309, Congress’s Workplace Violence Act, here is what you need to know
If regulations are needed to force healthcare organizations to change then that is an unfortunate reality.
Why Proactive?
Even when we react to something like a theft or an act of violence, we must be able to carry our response forward into new measures of prevention to ensure the event is not repeated.
Bedside Risk Assessment, Part 5 – Now What?
This week I want us to wrap this discussion up by talking about the ‘now what’. What I mean is, you have the tool, you use the tool, but then what do we do with the information provided by the tool.
Bedside Risk Assessments, Part 3
The ABRAT presents a promising leap forward in bedside violence risk assessment, and when combined with proactive response by the staff can significantly reduce the risk of a workplace assault.
Bed Side Risk Assessments, Part 2
The BVC is one of the most well researched violence risk assessment tools out there. The immense body of research surrounding the BVC helps to make it stand out among its peers in the field of bed-side risk assessment. That is especially true given the incredible reduction in violence associated with the tools regular and ongoing use.