Active shooters and armed violence represent a rapidly growing issue in America’s hospitals and healthcare facilities. These incidents occur on a near-weekly basis, which means it is time to face the fact that they can also happen in your facility.
Editor's note: Patrick Pianezza, MHA, currently works for VEP Healthcare as manager of patient experience, overseeing special projects across VEP's vast networks of emergency departments. He has worked with the Studer Group and Johns Hopkins in the past, and can...
