Imagine being a dentist, and your clients roll their eyes at you, comment that you don’t know what you’re doing – or even ...

A study showed that more than 28% of patients who exhibited violent behavior continued exhibiting that violence in subsequent healthcare settings, often beginning out-of-hospital and continuing in the ...

Empathy-driven strategies, scenario-based training, and advanced technologies like AI can prevent and de-escalate workplace ...

A study led by Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic found that patient violence often begins in out-of-hospital settings and continues into the ED and other inpatient units. The study, published June 18 ...

Every day in Minnesota, on average, one or two hospital employees are violently injured at work so severely that they need to ...

About 88 percent of working medical professionals have had a violent interaction with a patient in the last year, according to a recent survey from Medscape of 247 employed medical workers, including ...

As violence against healthcare workers surges, from verbal assaults to physical attacks, hospitals are confronting a grim reality, prevention isn't enough. Leaders must respond with urgency, ...

A pair of new healthcare workforce surveys outline widespread reports of discrimination, racism and workplace violence perpetuated by patients and coworkers alike. Among the findings were ...

A multiracial team stabilizes an injured young adult woman in the hospital emergency room. Violent encounters in the emergency department are becoming a serious issue. This month, Ann W. Latner, JD, ...

The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is warning hospitals that they must protect their employees and patients from violence that is increasingly ...

An investigation into violence and sexual harm committed by patients shows how widespread and varied the issue is ...