Texas Children’s Hospital is facing $15,625 in penalties after a security officer was hospitalized in an attack, according to federal authorities. During the Nov. 10, 2022, attack, authorities said ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — A caretaker at a Mount Pleasant facility is suspected of assaulting a memory care patient. Sukinah Misyulina Knox, 45, is charged with abuse of a vulnerable adult. She ...

In May, surveyors issued Jefferson Health’s Abington (Pa.) Hospital an immediate jeopardy warning after determining a security guard used excessive force against a psychiatric patient who had not ...

University of Queensland research has found verbal and physical abuse of medical receptionists by patients is rife, and causing lasting harm. Dr Fiona Willer from UQ's Centre for Community Health and ...

PARIS — The rise in violent incidents at hospitals and doctors' offices has led clinicians to be on constant lookout for ways to keep themselves safe while caring for patients. At SantExpo 2023, well ...

SPRINGFIELD — When Dr. Mark Kenton does his daily rounds, he’s taking the pulse of Mercy Medical Center’s entire Department of Emergency Medicine. Kenton wants to know how many patients are there, how ...

Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston has been cited by the Labor Department’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration for failing to protect employees from physical assaults by aggressive ...

Recently, a general practitioner (GP) in Spenge, Germany, was severely assaulted by a patient in the waiting room, highlighting a disturbing rise in violence against healthcare professionals. The ...

Janine E. Curcio and Dr. Robert Lowe provide a seven-point scale based on speech and responsiveness to decide whether or not to use sedation for an agitated patient. Managing an agitated or aggressive ...

When he was about 14-years-old, Sean Daley’s personality changed dramatically. He became aggressive, violent and withdrawn. Sean, who has autism spectrum disorder, had always had trouble with social ...