Workplace Violence
Workplace violence is a priority issue for hospitals and health issues. The American Hospital Association Hospitals Against Violence (HAV) initiative works with hospitals and health systems to address this issue.
In 2019, leaders at St. Joseph’s Hospital of Buckhannon in West Virginia, a critical access hospital, realized they needed to strengthen their security presence and add safety controls to their facility.
security presence and add safety controls to their
facility.
From 2019 to 2020, Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health reduced staff assaults resulting in injuries by 50%.
Keeping staff safe from aggressive patients and
visitors is top of mind at Louisville, Ky.- based Norton
Children’s Hospital.
Advocate Aurora Health, dual headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., and Downers Grove, Ill., made event reporting a top priority by recognizing it as a strategic organizational goal. Staff developed an internal formula to standardize safety event reporting data and compare incident levels throughout 100…
Between 2019 and 2020, Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) in
California put in place a multifaceted workplace violence prevention plan to
protect its health care personnel from aggressive and violent behavior.
Hospitals and health systems continue working to stem incidents of workplace violence and enhance security. To support these efforts, AHA collaborated with the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety to support health care organizations’ and security leaders’ efforts.
Workplace Violence and COVID-19: An Environmental Scan
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
1 - 2 p.m. Eastern; noon - 1 p.m. Central; 10 - 11 a.m. Pacific
The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative and the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety partnered to create resources for health and security leaders on how to build safer workplaces. I
The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative, along with the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety, today released Creating Safer Workplaces: A guide to mitigating violence in health care settings.
AHA letter to Senator Coons, Senator Booker and Senator Durbin expressing support for the Preventing and Addressing Trauma with Health Services (PATHS) Act (S. 2873).