Book Description

Persons working in the healthcare security field need to have information and tools that will allow them to work effectively within the healthcare climate. This holds true for security as well. Security professionals need to understand their risks and work to effectively mitigate threats. This book describes training techniques that can be accomplished within the healthcare environment. Explains how to efficiently manage staff and implement strategic plans to help acquire resources to advance the security program. Processes to manage emergent events, provide risk assessments, evaluate technology and understand information technology. The future of healthcare is uncertain, but proactive prevention and effective resolution provide the resources necessary to meet the challenges of the current and future healthcare security environment.

REVIEWS

“Within a financially challenging environment like healthcare, this book is especially valuable in helping the reader create cost-effective strategies using data and metrics instead of just guessing what might work. Not only does this book offer an excellent overview of the healthcare security industry, it also describes specific tools and techniques that will help the healthcare security manager to be successful.”

A must buy for serious professionals in the healthcare security field.

“The series of editions on hospital security authored by Russ Collins has been the traditional standard in the healthcare industry for almost three decades and is now being replaced with this 1st edition, which will be revised for the next decades, by one of the most knowledgeable legends in the healthcare security field.Ben Scaglione has been a respected security director, university educator and consultant who was also responsible for creating innovative security systems when he was security director for such institutions as Bellevue and New York Presbyterian Hospitals. Some of the systems he designed have become the standard in a field that has continually undergone technology advances, many of which were instituted by Mr. Scaglione.”

A “must have” addition to your reference library!!!

“I’ve been in the healthcare security profession for over 35 years and when i read through the is book I discovered that several chapters either taught me things that I didn’t know or that gave me a fresh perspective on others. Mr. Scaglione’s writing style helps make the book and its information easy to read and understand. The author is recognized as a top tier leader in the Healthcare Security industry. This book is an excellent reference book and a must have for any healthcare security manager’s office.”

Book Description

Healthcare is on a critical path, evolving with the introduction of Obama Care and now COVID-19. How will healthcare and specifically healthcare security adapt over the next few years? What tools will be necessary for healthcare security professionals and all security professionals to meet the demands of the transforming security environment? Security professionals need new tools and programs to adapt security services to the “New Normal.” As healthcare emerges from pandemic threats, active shooter and workplace violence will re-emerge and new threats related to civil unrest, fraud, mergers, and further financial struggles will change how healthcare security will function.

Healthcare Security: Solutions for Management, Operations, and Administration provides a series of articles related to the management and operations of healthcare security which will assist healthcare security professionals in managing the “New Normal” now and into the future. It is a collection of previously published articles on healthcare security and general security covering various topics related to the management of healthcare security and provides information on general security operations. It also includes unconventional topics that are necessary in the administration of healthcare security such as auditing principles, fraud prevention, investigations, interview and interrogation techniques, and forensics.