Hospitals Against Violence | #HAVhopeco
The Hospitals Against Violence (HAV) initiative exists to share examples and best practices with the field about workplace and community violence. By enhancing public awareness via our #HAVHope social media campaign, developing tools and resources and sharing the best practices of our member hospitals and health systems with the field, HAV supports AHA members in addressing all types of workplace violence and community violence in their organizations and in their communities. To view AHA’s advocacy efforts surrounding workplace violence, please click here.
HAV’s work is guided by the Building a Safe Workplace and Community Framework, which identifies four essential domains that hospital and health system leaders should consider as they address issues of violence in their workplaces. These include mitigate risk, trauma support, culture of safety and violence intervention.
Building a Safe Workplace and Community Framework
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Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management: Prevent and Protect
The AHA has partnered with the FBI’s Behavior Analysis Unit-1, which houses the Behavioral Threat Assessment Center, to co-develop resources to prevent targeted violence in health care settings. As part of this partnership, the FBI enlisted national experts to contribute to a leadership guide to support health care leaders as they develop and strengthen their efforts to address behavioral threat and assessment management (BTAM).
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The Health Care Leaders’ Guide to Mass Violence Preparedness, Response, Recovery and Mitigation
By employing evidence-based approaches, hospitals can mitigate the impact of MVIs on victims, survivors, and their families. "The Health Care Leaders’ Guide to Mass Violence Preparedness, Response, Recovery and Mitigation," developed by the American Hospital Association and the National Mass Violence Center, offers evidence-based strategies that are easily incorporated into existing comprehensive emergency and disaster management plans, enabling hospitals to best respond to incidents stemming from violent crime.
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Mitigating Targeted Violence in Health Care
Targeted violence in health care is a serious and growing concern among patients, workers, providers, and communities. To assist in addressing these concerns, the AHA has partnered with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit to promote violence prevention strategies and address the escalating threats and acts of targeted violence against health care facilities and their workforce.
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The Burden of Violence to U.S. Hospitals
This report was prepared for the AHA by Harborview Injury and Prevention Research Center, part of the University of Washington School of Medicine. It analyzed the financial costs and broader impacts of violence and threatening behavior and estimated the total financial cost of violence to hospitals in 2023 to be $18.27 billion.
