Just as healthcare workers are frustrated and burned out, so are patients who often have to wait for long periods of time for care in overcrowded waiting rooms or in patient rooms when clinicians are ...
Empathy-driven strategies, scenario-based training, and advanced technologies like AI can prevent and de-escalate workplace ...
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 ...
San Diego internist David B. Bittleman, MD, was finishing an appointment with a patient when the man's caregiver slipped Bittleman a note as the patient walked out of the room. "Call me tomorrow," the ...
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 ...
August 12, 2025 - The healthcare industry has long been plagued by violence against health workers and patients. The problem is perhaps most prevalent in hospital settings with heavy patient volumes ...
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 ...
Months after one patient stabbed another, Tewksbury Hospital nurses and health professionals picketed outside of the Tewksbury Public Library Monday to draw attention to an increasing number of ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
Unless you avoid the daily news, television, and social media, you are aware of the increasing number of violent crimes occurring in the U.S. Although some areas are hit harder than others, no ...