New Mom Questions Hospital’s Security Following Beating
A mother who was attacked after giving birth at a Milwaukee hospital is calling for increased security at the facility. …
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Infant Abduction Statistics
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children updated their statistics for 2009 and which date back to 1983. Infant…
Four Bullets = Two Shootings at One Hospital
On the heals of Joint Commission’s alert on hospital violence, the Cleveland Clinic experienced two shootings, one self inflicted, one…
Joint Commission: Crime up in hospitals
“Once considered safe havens, health care institutions today are confronting steadily increasing rates of crime, including violent crimes such as…
Catastrophic Health Events Report Released
The Center for Biosecurity at UPMC recently released a Preparedness Report that proposes the following key elements of a national…
Vulnerability and Risk Assessment in the Environment of Care
Vulnerabilities are opportunities, opportunities for crime, opportunities for rule breaking violations, opportunities for loss. By definition, a vulnerability is a…