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Healthcare Security’s Built Environment – Doors Continuing the theme of my last blog, “Healthcare Security’s Evolving Built Environment.” I want to turn attention to specific aspects of the security-built environment that have plagued me throughout my career. For me, […]
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Healthcare Security’s Evolving Built Environment The healthcare-built environment has gone through dramatic alterations over the past few years. From lockdown to perpetual facility manipulation, physical building structures like doors and hallways to HVAC systems, electrical and IT systems, […]
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Is Your Workplace Violence Prevention Program Ready for the Joint Commission? There have been many changes in the world of healthcare violence prevention since the ASIS Healthcare Council published its white paper on healthcare violence entitled, “Managing Disruptive […]
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Does Healthcare have to worry about the potential for an active assailant event?
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With vaccine distribution ramping up, normal societal activities are in sight. When normal returns, what will hospital security look like? Will staff increases implemented back in March and April of 2020 stay or be eliminated?
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Considerations in Securing Off-Site Hospital Personnel Administering the Covid-19 Vaccine As the vaccine process expands outside the hospitals and into the community, healthcare workers will still be needed to administer the vaccine. Hospitals will be asked to set […]
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Top Considerations in Securing the Covid-19 Vaccine As we come closer to the end of the year, good news has arrived. One or several vaccines will be available for distribution by the middle or end of December. The […]
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The Importance of Data Metrics in Healthcare Security Operations September 29th Michael Hodges, blogger for Proactive Security posted, “Two main reasons security leaders must have effective data programs: an open conversation on healthcare security and violence prevention.” In his […]
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The Police Reform Movement vs. The Healthcare Security Officer Has the police reform movement enlightened police departments to the changes they need in order to be more effective in reducing crime? It should!!! The police reform movement has […]
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Healthcare Security Services: The New Normal? Has Covid-19 changed how security services will function in the future? Absolutely, or at least it should. Covid-19 has shown us that we need to be more prepared to manage an unforeseen […]