In a Jan. 20 letter to CMS, 10 national healthcare organizations asked the federal agency to issue clear guidance on emergency department signage that discourages violence against healthcare workers.

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 ...

Presbyterian, and Mount Sinai hospitals are striking for higher pay, safe staffing, fully funded benefits and an increase in ...

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 overwhelmingly approved a new three-year union contract this week, voting 91% in favor of an agreement that includes major wage increases ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

AI, predictive analytics, workplace safety, real-time alerts, threat identification, duress buttons, Paul Sarnese ...