From threats to physical attacks, violence is now routine in medicine. Clinicians describe the trauma they face and the ...
Public safety isn’t a privilege — it’s a basic right. It matters everywhere — for the retail worker behind the counter, the doctor or nurse treating a patient, the fan at a football game, and the ...
Frontline healthcare workers face a continued threat of violence, which puts staff well-being and patient care at risk. With violence incidents on the rise, a top priority for healthcare leaders is ...
Violence has become more common in healthcare workplaces in recent years — roughly 24,000 workplace assaults occurred in healthcare settings from 2010 through 2013, and violent crime in hospitals ...
Nurses at UPMC Altoona overwhelmingly approved a new three-year union contract this week, voting 91% in favor of an agreement that includes major wage increases ...
Presbyterian, and Mount Sinai hospitals are striking for higher pay, safe staffing, fully funded benefits and an increase in ...
In a bipartisan vote Tuesday, the Pennsylvania House passed the Healthcare Workplace Violence Prevention Act, which would establish violence prevention committees in all hospitals. The committees ...
America’s hospitals are under siege—not from disease, but from violence. Healthcare workers face an alarming surge in assaults, with nurses, doctors, and security personnel on the front lines of an ...
Nurses at UPMC Altoona have reached a tentative 3-year contract agreement that addresses some of their major grievances.
House passage of a healthcare violence prevention bill supported by MHA, MNA, and 1199SEIU is a major step forward in protecting the healthcare workforce "Our healthcare workforce has endured violence ...
AI, predictive analytics, workplace safety, real-time alerts, threat identification, duress buttons, Paul Sarnese ...
Effective July 1, hospitals and other healthcare institutions licensed in Virginia are required to establish a workplace violence reporting system to track, analyze and respond to incidents of ...