title: Hospital security's two-edged sword: over-reliance on automation, under-reliance on experienced personnel.
abstract: The article explores the current trend in the healthcare industry of cutting not only personnel--security directors, managers, and security officers--but also training programs in the name of budget cuts. What are the dangers to patient protection? What changes can be made to operate more effectively in this economic climate? Why does over-reliance on automation create problems of its own?
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kelty
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D002017:Budgets; D004282:Documentation; D006739:Hospital Administration; D017721:Hospital Costs; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D020415:Personnel Downsizing; D012637:Security Measures / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States