Workplace violence in emergency care settings is often perpetrated by patients and visitors, while overcrowding and limited ...

Violence is expensive. Hospitals and health systems spend an estimated $18.27 billion responding to and preparing for violence, according to the American Hospital Association. But the vast majority of ...

The two share multiple root causes, say experts from the National Safety Council and the University of Waterloo.

Workplace and community violence in American hospitals not only inflicts pain and trauma on healthcare workers. It also drives costs higher for an already stretched hospital system. A recent research ...

Efforts to address workplace violence against health care professionals need to evolve beyond preventing individual incidents to confronting systemic challenges that impede patient-centered, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rick Lucas sees his fair share of violence on the job. The 41-year-old, who works as a nurse at the Ohio State University Wexner ...

Heat exposure, workplace violence and structural changes to coverage systems are key emerging issues shaping the workers compensation landscape in 2026, according to a report released Tuesday by the ...

MONDAY, Sept. 28, 2026 (HealthDay News) -- Workplace violence is highly prevalent across emergency care systems worldwide, according to a study published online Sept. 24 in the European Journal of ...

The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) recently released a proposed rule to implement a new law that requires ...

Violence against health care workers is on the rise, with workers five times more likely to experience violence than other occupations. Factors contributing to the increase include pandemic-related ...