California now requires that hospitals conform to minimal security standards by laying out required guidelines. This law is confined to the state of California, but it has national implications. Some hospital security executives believe that it is just a matter of time before these standards begin to appear in Environment of Care Standards required by the Joint Commission.
Hospitals and healthcare facilities need to professionally manage guests entering the lobby, account for who is entering the facility and screen for unwanted visitors.
Getting a physical can do wonders for people and hospitals. William Nesbitt, CPP, president of Security Management Services International, Inc., has great advice on his Web site http://www.smsiinc.com.
The sad irony is that gun violence has seeped into hospitals and healthcare facilities. And officials now train their security officers and healthcare staff more generally to spot potential shooters and deescalate certain situations.
The Palm Beach County Health Department is a service organization responsible for the health of more than a million residents in Palm Beach County, Fla. It shares responsibility for primary care of the medically indigent population of the county with the private sector.
Each year, France’s Franche-Comté region treats more than 4,500 Cerebral Vascular Accidents (CVAs). Unfortunately, it also faces frequent CVA specialist shortages on top of lengthy transfer times to the regional
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