Healthcare Leadership Strategies to Prevent Workplace Violence
Workers deserve environments that protect their well-being, and patients deserve care from professionals who aren’t operating in fear.
Workers deserve environments that protect their well-being, and patients deserve care from professionals who aren’t operating in fear.
Beyond the human cost, workplace violence carries significant economic consequences for healthcare institutions. Addressing this issue through virtual technology represents not just an ethical imperative but a financial one.
After four Riverside Community Hospital employees contracted Covid-19, they and their families sued HCA for failing to provide adequate protections. The plaintiffs said they were not given adequate access to PPE, not warned when they might have been exposed to Covid-19, and were encouraged to come back to work, even when they still had Covid-19 symptoms.