title: Meeting the major threats to hospital security within a budget.
abstract: Despite the need to meet growing threats within a facility, cutbacks in hospital income and the resultant budget restraints continue to challenge hospital security departments to do more with less. This article reports on a number of approaches being employed to successfully meet the challenges.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Appelbaum
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003284:Contract Services; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006747:Hospital Communication Systems; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000191:economics*; D010299:Parking Facilities; D012637:Security Measures / Q000191:economics*; D012984:Software; D014481:United States; D014741:Video Recording