Hospitals Against Violence
AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence gathered more than 217 health care professionals and community partners to hear from human trafficking experts, survivors and health care leaders who are working to advance anti-trafficking efforts in their organizations.
Our hospitals and health systems are not immune to violence, but they have made great efforts to curb it, writes Mary Beth Kingston, R.N., chief nurse officer at Advocate Aurora Health in Milwaukee, Wis., and Downers Grove, Ill., AHA Board member and AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence advisory group…
On June 4, AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative encourages everyone to stand together for the fifth-annual #HAVhope Friday. This national day of awareness unites hospitals, health systems, nurses, doctors and other professionals to highlight programs and initiatives that help mitigate…
On June 4, AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative encourages everyone to stand together for the fifth-annual #HAVhope Friday. This national day of awareness unites hospitals, health systems, nurses, doctors and other professionals to highlight programs and initiatives that help mitigate…
Due to recent tragic events, Hospitals Against Violence has gathered for health care facilities a list of resources and tools that provide guidance on how to prepare and respond to an active shooter incident.
AHA’s latest Hospitals Against Violence convening gathered over 200 clinical, programmatic and community leaders for a working session on tools, strategies and resources that health care providers can use to fight the global scourge of human trafficking.
The purpose of this document is to present the outcomes of the survey and to understand what measures exist to prevent and face acts of violence within healthcare organizations.
The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative today kicked off the latest convening in a series of events focused on hospitals’ and health systems’ efforts to identify and prevent human trafficking.
The series is part of ongoing efforts — in conjunction with Jones Day law firm and HEAL…
AHA letter to Representative Joe Courtney expressing concern with the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (H.R. 1195)
Ingrid Johnson, R.N., works with Atlantic Health System in Morristown, New Jersey, to raise awareness of human trafficking and how health care leaders can better identify victims and properly respond.