Journal of healthcare protection management : publication of the International Association for Hospital Security
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J Healthc Prot Manage · Jan 2008
Planning for the worst: one hospital's process for developing an 'active shooter on campus' policy.
Concerned about the potential for a Virginia Tech type tragedy at a hospital, the author contacted colleagues at other hospitals to inquire about their plans to reduce casualties in the event of an active shooter on campus, only to learn that there weren't any. Working with law enforcement, emergency management, risk management, and other interested officials and review committees, he developed his hospital's plan from scratch. Both the planning process and the plan itself are described in this article.
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Patient and Family Centered Care may be the model that will soon be standard throughout the healthcare industry, the author reports. It is critical, he says, that security directors not only embrace this care model, but that they take an active role in seeing that security is interwoven in the visitation and family presence policies that will be written during their institution's implementation phase. In this article, he describes how such a policy was implemented at a children's hospital and the positive results that have been attained.
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Hospitals may not have a choice when a disaster dictates evacuation or protecting the patient population in place. The authors, consultants in emergency readiness, advise preparing for either eventuality and discuss what may be involved in each.