When Darren Viner became the security director at Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth this year, he understood that workplace violence was a growing concern in healthcare.
“Healthcare workers are used to dealing with situations where they may have combative patients or family members,” he says. “You have people who are not necessarily in the best of moods. They’re in situations that are uncomfortable. They’re sick, or they’re injured, and there are frustrations that go along with that.”
A 2023 survey conducted by healthcare company Premier found that some 40 percent of healthcare workers had…
