Valuable Healthcare Statistics
Keeping our pulse on current research enables us to better prepare our security officers. This in turn improves our ability to keep your healthcare facility safe.
Survey of Emergency Department Healthcare Workers
90%
of Emergency Department Managers polled cited patient violence as the greatest threat to Emergency Department personnel.
68%
reported INCREASE in FREQUENCY
over time.
60%
reported INCREASE in SEVERITY
over time.
Change in the Level of Violence
Source: Emergency Nurses Association © 2008
Security Measures Implemented During Past 5 Years
Source: Sources of all data are IOMA's exclusive security management and compensation survey (2007) and its anti-terrorism benchmarks survey (2006).