Hospital and Healthcare Security
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Hospital and Healthcare Security

  1. 750 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Hospital and Healthcare Security

About this book

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. - Offers a quick-start section for hospital administrators who need an overview of security issues and best practices - Includes a sample request for proposals (RFP) for healthcare security services and incident report classifications - General principles clearly laid out so readers can apply internationally recognized industry standards most appropriate to their own environment - The new edition includes materials that address the latest issues of concern to healthcare security professionals, including security design, emergency management, off-campus programs and services, and best practices in mitigating patient-generated violence

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Information

Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9780124200487
Edition
6
eBook ISBN
9780124200623
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Human Resource Management
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. About the Authors
  6. Foreword
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Special Acknowledgement of Russell Colling
  9. Chapter 1. The Healthcare Environment
  10. Chapter 2. Protecting a Healing Environment
  11. Chapter 3. Healthcare Security Risks and Vulnerabilities
  12. Chapter 4. Security Management Planning
  13. Chapter 5. Managing the Basic Elements of Healthcare Security
  14. Chapter 6. Security Department Organization and Staffing
  15. Chapter 7. Leadership and Professional Development
  16. Chapter 8. The Healthcare Security Officer
  17. Chapter 9. The Security Uniform and Defensive Equipment
  18. Chapter 10. Training and Development
  19. Chapter 11. Deployment and Patrol Activities
  20. Chapter 12. Program Documentation and Performance Measures
  21. Chapter 13. Patient Care Involvement and Intervention
  22. Chapter 14. Human Resources and Staff Responsibilities
  23. Chapter 15. Employee Involvement and Security Awareness
  24. Chapter 16. Investigative Activity
  25. Chapter 17. Security Design Considerations for Healthcare
  26. Chapter 18. Physical Security Safeguards
  27. Chapter 19. Electronic Security System Integration
  28. Chapter 20. Preventing and Managing Healthcare Aggression and Violence
  29. Chapter 21. Areas of Higher Risk
  30. Chapter 22. Areas of Special Concern
  31. Chapter 23. Parking and the External Environment
  32. Chapter 24. Nonacute Facilities and Off-campus Programs and Services
  33. Chapter 25. Emergency Preparedness: Planning and Management
  34. Chapter 26. A Primer for Healthcare Executives
  35. Mental Health Physical Security Review Checklist
  36. Sample Healthcare Security Request for Proposal
  37. Glossary
  38. Index

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