Surgeon's slaying puts focus on hospital safety
Hospital Safety Insider, February 5, 2015
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Hospital Safety Insider!
The recent murder of a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital has Boston healthcare facilities taking another look at metal detectors and other security procedures to cut down on violent incidents, according to a report in the Boston Herald.
Stephen Pasceri, 55, of Millbury, Massachusetts, walked into the Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston around 11 a.m. on January 20 and specifically asked for the doctor, Michael J. Davidson, MD. When the two stepped into an exam room to speak, colleagues reported hearing loud voices and then two shots fired. Police later found Pasceri’s body in the exam room, dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot.
Other Boston hospitals have been conducting their own security assessments after the shooting, and some are considering increasing visitor pat-downs, security patrols, and possibly installing metal detectors, according to the Herald.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Hospital Safety Insider!
Related Products
-
Hospital Safety Center
Improve compliance with hospital safety standards from The Joint Commission, OSHA, and other regulators with this...
-
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance
Created exclusively for healthcare facility managers, plant operations professionals, and directors of engineering, this...
-
Hospital Safety Insider
Stay on top of hospital safety requirements and best practices with our free, fast-paced weekly update.
-
Basic OSHA Compliance Manual Kit
Total compliance has never been easier. This one convenient package contains everything you need to ensure your outpatient...
-
Basic Dental OSHA Compliance Manual Kit
Total compliance has never been easier. This one convenient package contains everything you need to ensure your dental...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- NFPA 3000: The newest active shooter standard
- Note similarities and differences between HCPCS, CPT® codes
- Differentiate between types of wound debridement
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- Don’t forget the three checks in medication administration
- Know guidelines and subtle differences in code descriptions for laceration repairs
- Safety Month showcase: Tips for assessing behavioral health units for ligature risks
- Reimbursement for Facility and Professional Services in a Provider-Based Department by Gina M. Reese, Esq., RN
- Practice the six rights of medication administration
- What is the difference between an IPA and a medical group?
- E-mailed
-
- NFPA 3000: The newest active shooter standard
- Safety Month showcase: Tips for assessing behavioral health units for ligature risks
- Bill and charge for supplies correctly to reduce risk and minimize lost revenue
- Report revenue code based on setting
- Physician Signature Date Will be Mandated and Enforced
- Peeling away the confusion: Split billing guidance
- Infection control violation for storing cardboard boxes
- Follow these nine tips to capture inpatient wound care correctly
- Do residents need to be credentialed?
- Condition Code 44
- Searched