AHA podcast: De-escalating Workplace Violence by 75% with WellSpan Health
As we observe AHA’s 8th annual #HAVHope Day, 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, by increasing capacity for their team members to respond to situations that could result in violence. LISTEN NOW
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