Developing Statewide Violence Prevention Programs in Health Care: An Exemplar From Massachusetts.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2021

Publication Title

Policy Polit Nurs Pract

Abstract

Workplace violence is on the rise in health care. This problem contributes to medical errors, ineffective delivery of care, conflict and stress among health professionals, and demoralizing and unsafe work conditions. There is no specific federal statute that requires workplace violence protections, but several states have enacted legislation or regulations to protect health care workers. To address this problem in their state, the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association developed an action plan to increase communication, policy development, and strategic protocols to decrease workplace violence. The purpose of this article is to report on the quality and safety improvement work that has been done statewide by the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association and to provide a roadmap for other organizations and systems at the local, regional, or state level to replicate the improvement process.

Volume

22

Issue

2

First Page

156

Last Page

164

Comments

Also published in Journal of the Association of Occupational Health Professions in Healthcare 2022 Winter; 42(1):28-34.

DOI

10.1177/1527154420987180

ISSN

1552-7468

PubMed ID

33504282

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