2012 Healthcare Crime Survey Notes Drastic Climb in Crime Rates
2012 holds the dubious distinction of being the year with the greatest number of fatalities reported by members of the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety since IAHSS began surveying its members nearly 20 years ago. Eight homicides were reported among member facilities during the year, the 2012 Crime and Security Trends Survey states.
Dr. Victoria Mikow-Porto, the principal researcher and writer on the report, says that the survey provides a compass to trends as well as provides information identified by healthcare security professionals as critical to their needs in a rapidly changing field, an IAHSS press release states.