Children's Hospitals Report Rise in Attacks

Anne Lyren The use of defensive medicine, with an estimated cost of more than $100 billion a year, has also increased, with providers ordering tests to calm down patients or family members or to avoid upsetting them. A bipartisan bill pending in Congress, the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Empl...

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Published inArkansas Business Vol. 41; no. 11; p. 19
Main Author Friedman, Mark
Format Journal Article Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Little Rock Journal Publishing, Inc 11.03.2024
Arkansas Business
Subjects
Children
Children & youth
Children's hospitals
Employees
Forecasts and trends
Health aspects
Hospital violence
Hospitals
Labor costs
Market trend/market analysis
Nurses
Pandemics
Patient safety
Pediatrics
Safety and security measures
Statistics
Violence
Violence in hospitals
Workplace violence
Arkansas
United States > US
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Summary:Anne Lyren The use of defensive medicine, with an estimated cost of more than $100 billion a year, has also increased, with providers ordering tests to calm down patients or family members or to avoid upsetting them. A bipartisan bill pending in Congress, the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees Act, would provide federal protections for health care workers who are assaulted at work. In 2023, the Arkansas General Assembly passed a law requiring hospitals and clinics to post signs saying that attacking a health care worker is a felony.
ISSN:1053-6582