MD News- Chattanooga, TN
A study by Johns Hopkins University researchers published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine found that at least 154 shootings took place at hospitals in the United States between 2000 and 2011. While they are comparatively rare, hospital shootings, such as fatal incidents in early 2015 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and a Veterans Affairs clinic in El Paso, Texas, attract significant public attention. That puts facilities under pressure to devise policies and procedures that have the best chance of keeping patients and staff safe. MD News asked three hospital security insiders to share their top tips for increasing security at healthcare facilities. Joseph A. Hendry Jr., CLEE, Lieutenant with the Kent State University Police Department in Ohio: “Having armed security is good. Ensuring those people are trained is even better. Lots of security