Others took down entire hospital networks. Some delayed surgeries, shut off access to patient charts and forced ... proposed updates to the HIPAA Security Rule, including requirements for ...

The gunman arrived at UPMC Memorial Hospital ... patients are fine, but their families will lash out at us and threaten us.” The International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety ...

In the security video, a woman shuffles barefoot down an emergency department hallway at Jefferson Abington Hospital ... with patients with mental health needs. A third of all the safety citations ...

Perkins Hospital Center in Maryland, the maximum-security psychiatric facility that has been beset by patient safety concerns, chronic understaffing and high leadership turnover. The Joint ...

In recent months, the University of Minnesota’s Fairview–Riverside Medical Center allowed at least seven major security breaches, including a patient who escaped the hospital on June 4, according to ...

Without warning, a psychiatric patient last summer struck a hospital employee in the face, landing a punch on the worker’s chin. But how security ... Quality and Patient Safety confirmed that ...

Last month, Stephen Scantlebury—a psychiatric patient under a Baker Act hold—attacked nurse Leelamma Lal inside HCA Florida Palms West Hospital ... of balancing safety and security with ...

They believe that hospitals should and can do more to boost security to protect hospital staff ... won't matter much if staff and patients lack adequate safety, and don't feel secure.