Hospital and Healthcare Security

1: The Healthcare Environment 2: Protecting a Healing Environment 3: Healthcare Security Risks and Vulnerabilities 4: Security Management Planning 5: Managing the Basic Elements of Healthcare Security 6: Security Department Organization and Staffing 7: Leadership and Professional Development (NEW) 8: The Healthcare Security Officer 9: The Security Uniform and Defensive Equipment 10: Training and Development 11: Deployment and Patrol Activities 12: Program Documentation and Performance Measures 13: Patient Care Involvement and Intervention 14: Human Resources and Staff Responsibilities 15: Employee Involvement and Security Awareness 16: Investigative Activity 17: Security Design Consideration for Healthcare (NEW) 18: Physical Security Safeguards 19: Electronic Security System Integration 20: Preventing and Managing Healthcare Aggression and Violence 21: Areas of Higher Risk 22: Areas of Special Concern 23: Parking and the External Environment 24: Non-Acute Facilities and Off-Campus Programs and Services (NEW) 25: Emergency Preparedness: Planning and Management 26: A Primer for Healthcare Executives

Tony W. York, CPP, CHPA, has over twenty years' experience administering healthcare security programs and is chief operating officer for HSS Inc., a specialized security firm based in Denver. York, who is board certified in security management, holds the Certified Protection Professional (CPP) designation and the Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator (CHPA) designation. A past president and board chair of the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (IAHSS), York chairs the Council on Guidelines. This council produces the Healthcare Security Industry Guidelines and Healthcare Security Design Guidelines. A regular contributor to the advancement of the healthcare security field, York is recognized internationally as an industry expert and is a frequent lecturer and author on healthcare security and leadership. A native of North Carolina, he earned a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice from Appalachian State University, an M.S. in Loss Prevention & Safety from Eastern Kentucky University, and an MBA from the University of Denver. Don MacAlister, CHPA, is the Chief Operating Officer for Paladin Security Group, a privately owned full service security company and the largest provider of healthcare security in Canada. He has more than 35 years of experience in the security industry, learning the fundamentals while working in the federal prison system early in his career, before moving on to university security as a precursor to his nearly quarter century spent in healthcare, in both the public and private sectors. As the Executive Director of Integrated Protection Services, he oversaw security and parking for 27 hospitals and more than 300 community sites in the Vancouver-area, before moving to Paladin in 2011. Don is a past member of the IAHSS Board of Directors and has been a member of the Association's Council on Guidelines since 2008. Don was named Canada's Security Director of the Year in 2010. Originally from Scotland, he grew up on

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