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Workforce Safety Means Patient Safety

In this conversation, Tom Peterson, M.D., vice president and chief safety officer at Trinity Health, shares how Trinity's focus on both patient and workforce safety is paying off.
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Codes of Conduct – An Approach to Reducing Workplace Violence

Last year, Massachusetts health care workers faced a threat, verbal abuse or a physical assault every 38 minutes on average.
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What is Cognitive Load and How to Manage It for Clinicians?

In this new "Safety Speaks" conversation, Michael Privitera, M.D., professor emeritus of psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, discusses ways to ease the cognitive load that many physicians and caregivers face, and how simple steps can be implemented to make it easier to focus on what's most important.
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Under Threat: Stopping Violence Against Health Care Workers

Health care professionals dedicate their lives to healing others, yet are among the most at risk for workplace violence.
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SSM Health’s United Front Against Workplace Violence

June 6 is the ninth annual Hospitals Against Violence (#HAVhope) Friday, a national day of awareness to highlight how America’s hospitals and health systems combat violence in their workp
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Protecting Heath Care Workers from Being Targets of Violence

A survey of 1,000 caregivers in April of 2022 found that 92 percent had directly experienced or witnessed workplace violence.
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AHA’s Preferred Cybersecurity & Risk Providers Bringing Value Podcast Series

Podcast about AHA’s Preferred Cybersecurity & Risk Providers for hospitals and health systems
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Hospitals Against Violence Podcasts

The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative and the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety partnered to create resources for health and security leaders on how to build safer workplaces. In this podcast, Laura Castellanos AHA associate director and HAV lead, Erik Martin, R.N., chief nursing officer of Norton Children’s Hospital, and Connie Packard, chief of public safety at Boston Medical Center, IAHSS vice president and treasurer, discuss the collaboration, resources and what steps leaders can take to create safety and improve patient care.
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Combating Workplace Violence in Health Care by Creating Safer Workplaces

The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative and the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety partnered to create resources for health and security leaders on how to build safer workplaces. I
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FBI Violence Prevention Strategies to Assess and Manage Threats Against Health Care

Since 2020 the health care workforce has faced a sharp increase in workplace violence.