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Informationen zum Autor Tony W. York, CHPA, CPP is an influential leader in the healthcare security field with over 30 years of healthcare security executive experience. He is a past president of IAHSS (‘07-’08) and a long-standing leader of the Council on Guidelines. He is also a founding member and contributing author to the Security Design Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities. He has won numerous awards for his contributions to the advancement of healthcare security. He is board-certified in security management with Certified Protection Professional designation and Distinguished Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator. He holds an Executive MBA from the University of Denver, M.S. in Loss Prevention and Safety from Eastern Kentucky University, and a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice from Appalachian State University. He is currently Executive Vice President – Healthcare for the Paladin Security Group and the founder and principal consultant for FlyBox, LLC, a safeness consultancy. Don MacAlister, CHPA, is the Chief Operating Officer for Paladin Security Group, a privately owned full service security company and the largest provider of healthcare security in Canada. He has more than 35 years of experience in the security industry, learning the fundamentals while working in the federal prison system early in his career, before moving on to university security as a precursor to his nearly quarter century spent in healthcare, in both the public and private sectors. As the Executive Director of Integrated Protection Services, he oversaw security and parking for 27 hospitals and more than 300 community sites in the Vancouver-area, before moving to Paladin in 2011. Don is a past member of the IAHSS Board of Directors and has been a member of the Association’s Council on Guidelines since 2008. Don was named Canada’s Security Director of the Year in 2010. Originally from Scotland, he grew up on Canada’s west coast, where he earned a B.A. degree in Criminal Justice from the University of the Fraser Valley. Klappentext Building on the foundation of the previous five editions, Hospital and Healthcare Security, 6th Edition includes new and updated chapters to reflect the current state of healthcare security, particularly in data security and patient privacy, patient-generated violence, and emergency preparedness and management. The recognized leading text in the healthcare security industry, Hospital and Healthcare Security, 6th Edition explains the basics as well as higher expertise concerns, such as the roles of design, emergency management, and policy. Conveying a wide spectrum of topics in an easy to comprehend format, Hospital and Healthcare Security, 6th Edition provides a fresh perspective for healthcare security professionals to better prepare for security issue before they occur.Previously published under the title: Hospital security....
List of contents
1: The Healthcare Environment 2: Protecting a Healing Environment 3: Healthcare Security Risks and Vulnerabilities 4: Security Management Planning 5: Managing the Basic Elements of Healthcare Security 6: Security Department Organization and Staffing 7: Leadership and Professional Development (NEW) 8: The Healthcare Security Officer 9: The Security Uniform and Defensive Equipment 10: Training and Development 11: Deployment and Patrol Activities 12: Program Documentation and Performance Measures 13: Patient Care Involvement and Intervention 14: Human Resources and Staff Responsibilities 15: Employee Involvement and Security Awareness 16: Investigative Activity 17: Security Design Consideration for Healthcare (NEW) 18: Physical Security Safeguards 19: Electronic Security System Integration 20: Preventing and Managing Healthcare Aggression and Violence 21: Areas of Higher Risk 22: Areas of Special Concern 23: Parking and the External Environment 24: Non-Acute Facilities and Off-Campus Programs and Services (NEW) 25: Emergency Preparedness: Planning and Management 26: A Primer for Healthcare Executives
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"Practitioners who are looking for proven solutions to old or new security problems should start with this reference.an invaluable resource to hospital and healthcare security professionals, to consultants, and even to facility administrators." --ASIS Dynamics
