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Covering the shifts that have occurred in healthcare security, this work discusses healthcare security topics and issues, particularly in licensing, regulatory requirements, litigation, and accreditation standards in the US.
List of contents
1: The Healthcare Environment2: Protecting a Healing Environment3: Security Risks and Vulnerabilities4: Security Management Planning5: Managing the Basic Elements of Healthcare Security6: Security Department Organization and Staffing 7: Security Force Administration8: Security Attire and Equipment9: Training and Development10: Deployment and Patrol Activities11: Program Documentation12: Patient Care Involvement13: Public Safety Liaison14: Human Resources and Staff Responsibilities15: Employee Involvement and Security Awareness16: Investigative Activity17: Physical Security Safeguards18: Electronic Security System Integration19: Preventing and Managing Healthcare Conflict & Violence20: Security Sensitive Areas21: Areas of Special Concern22: Off-Campus Considerations23: Parking Control and Security24: Emergency Preparedness - Planning and Management25: A Primer for Healthcare Administrators
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"No other healthcare professionals have created a complete text on healthcare security; it stands alone." --Dan Krefting, Corporate Manager, Security & Protection Services, Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver, BC, Canada "This book gives a great overview of the issues inherent to healthcare and hospital security, and shows what makes it unique. It offers readers an understanding of how to create a great security operation or department." --Bonnie Michelman, Director of Police, Security, and Outside Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA"Hospital and Healthcare Security has served as an industry resources since its first publication several decades ago. In the fifth edition, coauthors Russell Colling and Tony York carry on that tradition.. This newest edition is the best single resource for the healthcare security practitioner."--Security Management magazine
