Virtual Workshop: Violence in Health Care Settings—Prevention and Intervention Strategies Register Now

Welcome and Introductions
Setting the Stage—Workplace Violence Health Care Challenges Today

Christopher Chamberlain, MS, RN, CHEP, Vice President, Emergency Management, The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania
Joe Tibbs, President, HAPevolve
 

Risk Mitigation
Wesley Light, BBA, MBA, CHEP, CHSP, CEM, Regional Director, Security and Emergency Management, Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic

Topics Covered:

• Stressors, risk factors, and vulnerabilities in health care
• Regulatory compliance
• People, policies, and technology
   

Hospital Police Departments—Legal and Regulatory Considerations 
John Oast, Jr., MS, CHPA, Director, Security Training and Special Programs, Geisinger Health System
 

Security Approaches—Prevention and Response
Matthew Exley, EMT-B, CHSS, PACEM, CHPA (invited), Director of Employee and Public Safety, WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital, Chapter President, IAHHS

Topics Covered:

• Effective approaches to prevent and reduce hospital violence and increase safety for patients, staff and visitors including police including use of hospital police forces, security guards, and protection dogs
• Pros and cons of using protection dogs in hospitals and/or hospital emergency rooms
   

Behavioral Threat Assessment Management (BTAM)
John “Jack” Rozel, MD, MSL, DFAPA, Medical Director, resolve Crisis Services of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Professor of Psychiatry and Law, University of Pittsburgh

Topics Covered:

• BTAM as first line of defense in preempting and mitigating acts of mass violence
• Systematic approach to identifying individuals who exhibit threatening or concerning behaviors
• Analyzing behavioral cues and assessing the potential risks they pose, to proactively intervene, and provide support or take action to prevent tragic incidents before they unfold
   

Levering Technology and AI to Enhance Safety & Strengthen Security Strategies
Kat Kemper-Kelly, Senior Consultant, Vizient Security Solutions

Topics Covered:
•    Social threat intelligence solutions
•    Threat intelligence software
 

Hospital Roundtable and Facilitated Discussion (Member Sharing)

Facilitators:  

• Christopher Chamberlain, MS, RN, CHEP, Vice President, Emergency Management, The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania
• Joe Tibbs, President, HAPevolve
• Tom Kitchen, MECM, CEM,^® Manager, Emergency Management, The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania
   

Adjourn