How to protect healthcare organizations and their employees from workplace violence

Workplace violence is a recognized hazard in the healthcare sector that can take a toll on employees. Healthcare facilities serve the public, which increases their exposure to workplace episodes. Healthcare workers have a 20 percent higher rate of on-the-job assaults than all other workers combined. There are likely to be more incidents involving aggression or threats that go unreported because the healthcare worker believes it to be part of the job or has compassion for the aggressor. In part,…