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Intermountain Health partners with Ad Council to address firearm injuries among youth
The Ad Council, in partnership with Intermountain Health and a coalition of health care and business leaders, has launched the social impact program "Agree to Agree," an initiative to reduce gun-related tragedies affecting children and teens.
De-escalating Workplace Violence by 75% with WellSpan Health
As we observe AHA’s 8th annual #HAVHope Day, it's an important reminder that many hospital and health system leaders are looking for solutions to address the root causes of violence in their organizations and communities.
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.
Active Shooter Incidents in Health Care Settings
Due to recent tragic events, Hospitals Against Violence has gathered for health care facilities a list of resources and tools that provide guidance on how to prepare and respond to an active shooter incident.
Chair File: Keeping Health Care Workers Safe
The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence (HAV) initiative shares resources and strategies to promote a culture of safety across the field. To guide health care leaders in efforts to prevent and mitigate violence, the HAV initiative developed the Building a Safe Workplace and Community framework.
EMR Flagging and Behavioral Health Response Training Reduces Violence at New York-Presbyterian Health System
With 11 hospitals and more than 47,000 employees, the New York City based health system’s security professionals are continuously identifying new and innovative strategies — including EMR flagging, behavioral risk assessment and mass casualty event training — to prevent and mitigate workplace violence incidents.
AHA Partners with the FBI on Mitigating Targeted Violence in Health Care Settings
The AHA in partnership with the FBI today released a new resource and webpage on mitigating targeted violence in health care settings.
AHA podcast: De-escalating Workplace Violence by 75% with WellSpan Health
Kenneth Rogers, M.D., vice president and chief medical officer at WellSpan Health, discusses how the implementation of their Behavioral Health Emergency Response Team has successfully de-escalated workplace violence incidents by 75% since 2019.
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.
Social Determinants of Health Series
The AHA is working to support hospitals and health systems as they address social determinants of health, eliminate health care disparities and provide comprehensive care to every patient in every community—all of which improve community health.