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Building on the foundation of the previous five editions, Hospital and Healthcare Security, 6th Edition includes new and updated chapters to reflect the current state of healthcar… Read more
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Building on the foundation of the previous five editions, Hospital and Healthcare Security, 6th Edition includes new and updated chapters to reflect the current state of healthcare security, particularly in data security and patient privacy, patient-generated violence, and emergency preparedness and management. The recognized leading text in the healthcare security industry, Hospital and Healthcare Security, 6th Edition explains the basics as well as higher expertise concerns, such as the roles of design, emergency management, and policy. Conveying a wide spectrum of topics in an easy to comprehend format, Hospital and Healthcare Security, 6th Edition provides a fresh perspective for healthcare security professionals to better prepare for security issue before they occur.
Healthcare security supervisors, managers, and directors; facility directors, risk managers, safety and emergency staff; healthcare administrators; vendors of healthcare security products and services; students in healthcare administration and criminal justice courses.
Chapter 1. The Healthcare Environment
Chapter 2. Protecting a Healing Environment
Chapter 3. Healthcare Security Risks and Vulnerabilities
Chapter 4. Security Management Planning
Chapter 5. Managing the Basic Elements of Healthcare Security
Chapter 6. Security Department Organization and Staffing
Chapter 7. Leadership and Professional Development
Chapter 8. The Healthcare Security Officer
Chapter 9. The Security Uniform and Defensive Equipment
Chapter 10. Training and Development
Chapter 11. Deployment and Patrol Activities
Chapter 12. Program Documentation and Performance Measures
Chapter 13. Patient Care Involvement and Intervention
Chapter 14. Human Resources and Staff Responsibilities
Chapter 15. Employee Involvement and Security Awareness
Chapter 16. Investigative Activity
Chapter 17. Security Design Considerations for Healthcare
Chapter 18. Physical Security Safeguards
Chapter 19. Electronic Security System Integration
Chapter 20. Preventing and Managing Healthcare Aggression and Violence
Chapter 21. Areas of Higher Risk
Chapter 22. Areas of Special Concern
Chapter 23. Parking and the External Environment
Chapter 24. Nonacute Facilities and Off-campus Programs and Services
Chapter 25. Emergency Preparedness: Planning and Management
Chapter 26. A Primer for Healthcare Executives
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Tony W. York, CHPA, CPP is an influential leader in the healthcare security field with over 30 years of healthcare security executive experience. He is a past president of IAHSS (‘07-’08) and a long-standing leader of the Council on Guidelines. He is also a founding member and contributing author to the Security Design Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities. He has won numerous awards for his contributions to the advancement of healthcare security. He is board-certified in security management with Certified Protection Professional designation and Distinguished Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator. He holds an Executive MBA from the University of Denver, M.S. in Loss Prevention and Safety from Eastern Kentucky University, and a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice from Appalachian State University. He is currently Executive Vice President – Healthcare for the Paladin Security Group and the founder and principal consultant for FlyBox, LLC, a safeness consultancy.
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