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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Violence against healthcare workers is not new to Arkansas, but this past summer, three major hospital systems in Northeast Arkansas reportedly had patients attacking their ...
Exposure to police violence included risks for poor neurological and psychiatric outcomes, with greater harm for patients ...
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 ...
Historically, South Carolina has had some of the highest rates of intimate partner violence, or IPV, in the U.S. IPV encompasses any physical or sexual violence, stalking and psychological aggression ...
HOSPITAL. TEWKSBURY HOSPITAL, UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, CARES FOR A VARIETY OF PATIENTS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. SOME ARE CHARGED WITH SERIOUS CRIMES. NOW, STATE LEADERSHIP ...
In 2023, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration began preliminary efforts on a workplace violence safety standard for healthcare and social assistance employers. To date, OSHA has ...