title: Tailoring a hospital security department's initiatives to meet financial constraints.
abstract: One of healthcare security's greatest challenges, says the author, is fulfilling its duties, responsibilities, and services with reduced staffing and resources. Here he provides his experience in improving security with new initiatives and changes under a hospital downsizing and cost-containment program.
authors.affiliation: Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Holmberg
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D006254:Hawaii; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D012637:Security Measures / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce