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These days, nearly everyone selling any type of security product or service calls themselves a “security consultant” or “security advisor”. Security Consultant What is the difference between an [...]

Have you performed an assessment of you behavioral health security measures in your mental health unit, or your processes for the handling of mental health patients in your emergency department? [...]

What is a hospital Security Consultant?  Seems like a fairly easy answer; someone that advises healthcare organizations on security standards and assists them in resolving security issues.  [...]

Did you know that your organization is liable for the safekeeping and management of the personal belongings of your patients? The fact is you are probably on the hook even if you have them sign a [...]

Healthcare Security Consultant John M. White, CPP, CHPA, was recently appointed to the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety’s Commission on Certification.  This [...]

Is it a role of healthcare security officers to handle the remains of deceased patients (i.e. transporting to the morgue, facilitating the transfer of the remains to mortuary services)? Often [...]

In the days of budget cuts and staff reductions for many law enforcement agencies you will often find them contracting out the service of guarding forensic patients. This is not new as most [...]

We all know that the clergy needs access to their church members that are inpatients in hospitals, as it if often considered part of the healing process to have religion be a part of the care [...]

It really depends on what part of the country you are located, and sometimes even what county you are located, to know the answer to who is responsible for patients that are also prisoners. In [...]

Hospitals used to be a “safe haven” for healing. However, reported incidents of violent acts perpetrated within a healthcare setting are at all time highs. Healthcare Security Risks Critical [...]