A comprehensive plan that the University has developed and implemented to prevent workplace violence. The plan includes procedures for reporting, investigating, and responding to incidents of ...

In the early 2000s, I was conducting a security assessment at a healthcare facility when I observed a telling moment in the waiting room. A mother, visibly stressed, had just learned from the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A recent report by the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) says violent behavior towards healthcare workers is on the rise across the country and the state of South Carolina is ...

There were more than 740 workplace deaths in 2023 were due to violence, according to federal data.

Workplace and community violence in American hospitals not only inflicts pain and trauma on healthcare workers. It also drives costs higher for an already stretched hospital system. A recent research ...

The American Nurses Association reports that one in four nurses have experienced workplace violence. In the second quarter of 2022, more than 5,200 nurses were assaulted in provider settings ...

A study showed that more than 28% of patients who exhibited violent behavior continued exhibiting that violence in subsequent healthcare settings, often beginning out-of-hospital and continuing in the ...

HR often sorts out relationship dynamics between co-workers, but what about external harassment? Business leaders should know that they can be legally liable for harassment and discrimination born ...

Workplace violence can appear in a number of different—and harmful—ways. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), workplace violence is defined as “any act or threat of ...

The use of violence risk flags in medical records likely does not reduce workplace violence in the clinical care setting. There are major questions about appropriate use of violence alerts or flags, ...