Clinicians are on the front lines in caring for gunshot victims. The continuous flow of these victims to emergency departments has sparked the medical community to speak out on ways to reduce the ...

A study showed that more than 28% of patients who exhibited violent behavior continued exhibiting that violence in subsequent healthcare settings, often beginning out-of-hospital and continuing in the ...

A study led by Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic found that patient violence often begins in out-of-hospital settings and continues into the ED and other inpatient units. The study, published June 18 ...

About 88 percent of working medical professionals have had a violent interaction with a patient in the last year, according to a recent survey from Medscape of 247 employed medical workers, including ...

A multiracial team stabilizes an injured young adult woman in the hospital emergency room. Violent encounters in the emergency department are becoming a serious issue. This month, Ann W. Latner, JD, ...

When discussing violence toward emergency physicians, Dr. Alex Skog had to reach back into his memory just two days to pluck a story about a patient who lost it, charged an emergency room technician ...

A pair of new healthcare workforce surveys outline widespread reports of discrimination, racism and workplace violence perpetuated by patients and coworkers alike. Among the findings were ...

Nurses at Garfield Medical Center in Monterey Park launched a 10-day strike on Friday, voicing concerns about short staffing, broken equipment and whether the hospital has adequate safeguards to ...

A bill introduced last month in Missouri aims to protect healthcare workers from violent attacks by patients, according to NBC affiliate KSDK. Under the bill, healthcare facilities may not require ...

While much of the work by the Center for Firefighter Injury Research and Safety Trends (FIRST) has focused on the injury and safety outcomes of firefighters, our research focus has grown to be ...