In these seemingly critical times, what should health care employers be thinking about and incorporating into their comprehensive strategies to prevent and address workplace violence?

Health care workers are five times more likely to experience an injury from workplace violence than other professions. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) defines workplace ...

Qualified health care and employment counsel can guide health care organizations in developing workplace violence programs that fit their operations.

A bill to curtail workplace violence in health care settings is moving in the final days of Albany’s legislative session after concessions to the state’s powerful hospital association. The ...

The bill seeks to protect all health care staff from workplace violence as it will expand the definition of health care provider to include any employee of a hospital or health clinic. Under ...

This new law would give them a helping hand. Sentara Health is actually ahead of the game, having implemented several procedures back in 2022 to guard against workplace violence, or even prevent it.

(The Center Square) - Legislation to protect health care staff from workplace violence passed the House Tuesday. It promises to enshrine OSHA recommendations into law, supporting hospitals to ...

Data shows hospital workplace violence is increasing across the country, including in central Illinois.

Workers and health care facilities say assaults by patients is a growing problem, amid a ballooning mental health crisis and strained emergency departments.

The data is alarming and demands greater public attention. The American Hospital Association reports that health care facilities face more incidents of violence and injury than any other work ...

Workplace violence has been on the rise in Texas hospitals, and nurses are feeling the effects. Experts believe these incidents are still underreported.