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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a notice from the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (QSO-23-04-Hospitals) regarding Workplace Violence in Hospitals. Too [...]

What is a Security Post Order? Post Orders are based on standard operating procedures (SOPs), which should be site specific. By specifying organizational expectations, SOPs help managers [...]

There is no doubt that the police officers in our communities are an especially important resource that we can call on in the event of an emergency.  That being the case, what could possibly go [...]

There is no doubt that the healthcare systems in the larger cities that are experiencing riots and looting, are being affected. In some cases, the riots and looting are near the urban hospitals [...]

Many hospitals are under pressure from within to reduce the number of workplace violence incidents as reported by their staff. Staff has often asked for security to be armed or that police [...]

What was once a luxury of sorts is now main stream and many businesses and residential properties now have security video surveillance in use. There is no doubt that video surveillance systems [...]

So what exactly is a security consultant and what do they do? First, a consultant is someone that provides knowledge and information depending on their background and expertise. There are all [...]

Security Consultant John M. White, CPP, CHPA, President and CEO of Protection Management LLC has been elected to the Board of Directors of the International Association of Healthcare Security [...]

Healthcare security is in a constant state of change these days due to a number of reasons such as the increased risk of workplace violence.  Hospitals are often looking for leaders in the [...]

Healthcare security management has an important role in managing security risks, and in this case we are talking about managing risks associated with security officers that are not hospital [...]