Hospital and Healthcare Security
Contributors: York, Tony; ScienceDirect (Online service)
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Burlington
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
ISBN-13: 9780080886022
Description: Concerns about healthcare security have proliferated in recent years, with one recent study reporting that 17% of registered nurses surveyed had been physically attacked at work over a 1-year period. From privacy concerns to the mandates of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to the rapid growth in the number of aging and ailing baby boomers, healthcare has undergone dramatic change, and security in hospitals and other settings must keep pace. Most educators, healthcare executives, and healthcare agencies and associations agree that Hospital and Healthcare Security.
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