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 ...

August 12, 2025 - The healthcare industry has long been plagued by violence against health workers and patients. The problem is perhaps most prevalent in hospital settings with heavy patient volumes ...

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, ...

PATIENTS WHO ARE THERE TO GET BETTER. IT’S BEEN HAPPENING A LOT MORE LATELY. HAMPSTEAD HOSPITAL STAFFERS BREAKING THEIR SILENCE ON CONDITION OF ANONYMITY TO EXPOSE THE VIOLENCE THEY SAY IS HAPPENING ...

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 ...

Months after one patient stabbed another, Tewksbury Hospital nurses and health professionals picketed outside of the Tewksbury Public Library Monday to draw attention to an increasing number of ...

911 calls reveal hospital staff struggling to control yet another violent Baker Act patient—with no armed security present. The family of the nurse who was nearly killed says this latest attack proves ...

As violence against healthcare workers surges, from verbal assaults to physical attacks, hospitals are confronting a grim reality, prevention isn't enough. Leaders must respond with urgency, ...

Violence against nurses and other health-care workers by patients is a serious problem but the B.C. Nurses’ Union, tired of waiting for health officials to deal with it, is taking unilateral steps to ...

Victims of intimate partner violence with suicidal behavior have characteristic injury patterns on medical imaging, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of ...